Problems with links in XP. And this isn't the standard problems eithe

[AceHigh1234]

I have a clinet with two PC's. One works fine. The other PC, running windows XP home has problems browsing the internet. On some links (and these are links from major sites like drudgereport) the link doesn't point to the real site, it points to:

http://www.

. /%20%20%20%20%20/novak.html

Now, the .html file I'm looking for IS novak.html, but the server is obviously wrong. This link works properly from a different PC, and shows the correct link. This happens in IE, and in Opera. I re-registered all the pertinent .DLL files. SFC /scannow won't work. It asks for the WIN XP cd, I put it in, and SCF closes down. I tried repairing IE, still no luck. Any assistance on this issue would be most welcome.

 

[Sival]

I don't know what the problem is, but I'd start with a full scan of hard disk for a virus, trojan, worm, spyware, etc. Then I'd run a Check Disk of the hard drive with both options checked. If both of these yield nothing, I'm not sure what I'd do next, but I'd be researching it on the net further. Maybe someone else will have further suggestions. Good luck.

 

[AceHigh1234]

I already tried every scan in the book. Chkdsk comes up fine. And when I try to run SFC, it just freezes. Sometimes, when I tyr to run SFC, it doesn't freeze RIGHT away and I get prompted for the windows XP disk, but ti always freezes right away after I put it in.

 

[bcastner]

This may be a consequence of your anti-virus program. Try sfc /Scannow with your AV program disabled.

It may also indicate an issue with your Remote Procedure Call service.

If disabling your AV still sees a freeze running the System File Checker, do a repair reinstallation of XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;315341

Have your XP CD ready.

You will not lose installed softare or data, but you will lose installed Hotfixes and Service Packs. Service Packs can be preserverd by "slipstreaming" them before hand, for which a freeware utility makes the process simple to do: thread779-900263

 

[bcastner]

As to your main question, I strongly suspect a malware Browser Helper Object.

See: faq608-4650

See also: Obfuscated URLs --

http://www.pc-help.org/obscure.htm

 

[AceHigh1234]

Iwent through all the BHO'swilspybot's advanced mode and still came up blank... Nothing was out of place... I will try again, though... And I'll try disabling the anti virus, the capable and free AntiVir

 

[bcastner]

Try Sysinternals AutoRuns, enabling under View all options:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml

Follow this with a HijackThis! analysis:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

If you fail to find something out of place, reinstall IE using the download option (if not XP SP2:

http://www.petri.co.il/reinstall_ie_on_xp.htm

If XP SP2, reinstall SP2.

 

[bcastner]

BHO'swilspybot's advanced mode and still came up blank"
Please do the "Full Monty" faq608-4650