Just one more piece of info.. I found where the GOCYBERSEARCH can be removed.. they have an app.. it can be found:
www.adpowerzone.com/searchbar/
I haven't tried it so I cannot say whether or not it works.
Obviously, it's not your browser. If you're using DHCP, remove all static entries. Let the DHCP server supply the DNS. Check to see what DNS ip you get by running WINIPCFG (win9x) or IPCONFIG from a DOS prompt. Check the other machines and see if they have the same DNS. If all else fails...
After looking a bit closer.. it appears that this one has an UNINSTALL. I still reinstalled the other DLLs -- you never know.. Don't know if the uninstall removes the sp.dll or not since I already removed it. It *did* leave the ezsearch.dll.
I went routing around tonight (this morning) to find what and where it came in.. wound up getting another. I tried to kill the popups as soon as they came in. I hit the wrong button (usually F4) but knew as soon as I did it. This one is EZSEARCH. I searched all files for the date/time it...
1st thing to do is to verify that your DNS is working.
Go to a DOS prompt and ping 199.0.0.1. If you get replies, you're talking on the Internet. Then try pinging www.nytimes.com (or other website you know responds to pings - www.cnn.com does not). We're not interested in the ping reply...
There are at least three different variations of this takeover of IE's search. One of which, the GOCYBERSEARCH creates a toolbar in IE and can be difficult to remove. I just spent about an hour clearing it. Here's how, and what to look for. As always, playing with the registry can be...
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