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rysolag
November 18th, 2003, 09:12 PM
I am using IE6. If I browse to certain sites(ex. www.google.com or www.yahoo.com) the browser loads RoyalSearch.net. I ran a virus scanner but it did'nt fix the problem. This sucks becuase I cannot access some popular sites. Does anyone know a fix for this?

Thanks
Yeldarb
November 18th, 2003, 09:48 PM
no, i don't know of a fix, but we got something like this at school today, can't goto google, it comes up as a record label site
Digigamer
November 18th, 2003, 11:34 PM
Try running ad aware. You can get it from download.com
Jasninder
November 19th, 2003, 02:31 AM
u have been on some illegal p0rn sites or someone on ur computer... my employees do that all the time, u gota search for RoyalSearch.net in ur registry and delete the entries(at ur own risk) it works for me though.
Phat7
November 19th, 2003, 02:42 AM
yeah, do what Jas said. But backup the registry before you do anything.
Jasninder
November 19th, 2003, 03:32 AM
and dont be noty again :P
rysolag
November 20th, 2003, 08:11 PM
what registry?
nobody
November 20th, 2003, 08:32 PM
type in http:// first and it might work, I have a similar problem.
rysolag
November 20th, 2003, 08:42 PM
where would the files be located on my hard drive?
Ranoka
November 20th, 2003, 09:29 PM
Ace Utilities is good for cleaning up your registry. You can also download that from download.com

It scans your registry against a database of rogue registry enteries, and removes them (the ones you chose it to remove). It backs everything up, so you can restore it if you need to. Still best to keep a seperate backup of your registry before you start editing it.

It also cleans your registry of any traces of programs that aren't on your computer anymore, or links to files that have been deleted... etc.

I find it useful.
paradox244
November 21st, 2003, 03:58 AM
in DOS there is a nifty program called fdisk with a cool option -s
try that I think they mad it just for removing things like that, NO wait use regedit ya that's it, when it opens you can do a find type thing from one of the menus and search for RoyalSearch.net.
To open regedit go to start run and type regedit press enter.
You can screw up a lot of stuff in there so be really careful. If you think that is too risky go here: http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/#free
and download ad aware.
Phat7
November 21st, 2003, 04:01 AM
You weren't serious about fdisk, were you? :)
paradox244
November 21st, 2003, 04:11 AM
ummmm no