Cannot access the Internet - always Page cannot be found

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you may have spyware
Such errors are often caused by spyware - download AdAware from
www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.

also run the LSPFix from here
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm


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"Roger Withnell" <rogerREMOVE@THISupperbridge.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4282af1e$1_4@spool9-east.superfeed.net...
> The problem machine is running ME and IE6.
>
> When I access any web site with IE (or Mozilla), I get the "Page cannot be
> found" and the address is changed from say http://www.google.com to
> http://?%20www.google.com
>
> I have five computers all together on a network including the problem one.
> All of them will ping each other as well as the ADSL modem router. The
> other four computers have no problems accessing the Internet. The problem
> computer has the same problem if I connect to the Internet via ADSL
> broadband or dial up.
>
> I did have a lot of spam problems and a trojan virus on the problem
> machine, but now AVG, Adaware Lavasoft and Skybot all run without any
> errors. This problem occurred after AVG had removed a Trojan Horse.
>
> I've checked all the settings in networking and internet options several
> times and compared them with another ME machine and they seem to be
> correct.
>
> Any help very much appreciated.
>
>
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