ah that explains it all then! the problems you were having accessing bellx1.com aswell.. it sounds like you're web browser (Internet Explorer) has been hijacked.
This program will get rid of some of the more well known Home page Hijackers.
CoolWebShredder fixes:
· Redirections to CoolWebSearch related pages
· Redirections when mistyping URLs
· Redirections when visiting Google
· Enormous IE slowdowns when typing
· IE start page/search page changing on reboot
· Sites in the IE Trusted Zone you didn't add
· Popups in Google and Yahoo when searching
· Errors at startup mentioning WIN.INI or IEDLL.EXE
· Unable to change or see certain items in IE Options
· Unable to access IE Options at all
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cico_d/prog/CWShredder.exe
ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/filepilot/w...urity/CWShredd er_1570.exe
(posted two links, incase one doesnt work for you)
You should also try and run Hijack This, another great cleanup utility
http://tools.radiosplace.com/HijackThis.exe
and you should DEFINITELY run Ad-Aware. It will clear up a lot of nagging malware and cookie problems and suspicious startup programs.
http://isheo.ru-se.com/sas/antivirus...6.Pro.Built.18 1.exe
When you install Ad-Aware be sure to click on 'Check For Updates' before doing a full scan of your system.
These programs are very small so its not going to take you all night to download them. Be sure to give your computer a reboot then after you've run all those programs to make sure everything is okay.
Probably no harm to clear out your 'Temporary Internet Files' folder aswell.. click on Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > Delete Files and tick 'Delete All Offline content' and clean the Internet History too.
Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.org/
Download
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/in...ng=en&page=dow nload
AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Spycop:
http://www.spycop.com/
General and overall information about Spy/Adware
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
-Brendan.