IE search aborted pop up message.

[john walker's workshop]

on the home computer, i keep getting a gray pop up box with a green OK button, that basically says internet explorer can not connect to whatever website and the search is aborted. click OK and the page goes to the usual cannot find website page. it blocked pelican this morning, so it's getting serious. what's the fix?

[Danny_Ocean]

Could be malware. Are there any other messages present in the box? Any other odd computer behavior?

[Aurel]

First thing I would do is download another browser like opera or mozilla to try and see if the problem is browser specific. If it is, I would dump IE and never look back.
If not, then further investigation will be required...

[TSNAPCRACKLEPOP]

my ie did it to me a couple of times here trying to go back to the main page.

[porsche4life]

Stop looking at so much pron?

[KevinP73]

Mines doing the same thing. I just d/l IE8 reset my pop up blockers and all is good for the moment.

[porsche4life]

Try firefox.....

[Aurel]

You can run this free program to look for and eliminate any malware. I use it and it works great:

Malwarebytes

[john walker's workshop]

i did a malwarebyte update this morning and no different. it did fix another malware problem in the past. i have firefox and it works ok, but of course my favorites don't display. is the favorite file transferrable to firefox? rather keep IE if it's fixable.

[71T Targa]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

is the favorite file transferrable to firefox?

Yes,

In Firefox click File, Import. You can than import your favorites, history, etc from ie.

[john walker's workshop]

import, like copy and paste?

[71T Targa]

[71T Targa]

[Vintage914Racer]

I had a similar problem yesterday with the Pelican site. Everything else worked fine. I switched to safari from IE and everything was fine

[Joe Bob]

Using the Malware now.....very slow scan, but found one infected file. Dunno what it until the scan finishes......2 hours now.....

[john walker's workshop]

Originally Posted by 71T Targa

thanks, that looks easy, for a change.

[mgatepi]

I have it also.....