AOL 9.1 Search doing weird things!

JohnRoss · 07-24-2009, 07:30 AM

Hi running aol 9.1 and if I type something in the top search bar I get something like this: Typed BBC Space force and the following appears in the search bar on the page that comes up BBC%20Space%20force. The list that appears under this has lots of entries that look like this:

SALR Thread Data v2 id=2270712&lastpostdt=200701091022&lastp...
... =56946&title=BBC%3A%20%27New%20stem%20cell%20source%27%20discovered ..... = What%20music%20would%20you%20like%20to%20wake%20up%20to%20IN%20SPACE%3F ... =How %20do%20we%20force%20some%20hygiene%20habits%20onto%20this%20guy%3F ...

If I type a proper URL in the top search bar all works normally and the site comes up as it does if I click on something in the favorites list. If I use the search bar in Internet Explorer 8 all works normally.

If I type BBC Space force in the search bar at the top of the welcome page it all works normally so what is going on? Only just started doing this a few days ago.

The situation just got a wee bit stranger! I fired up my old machine which runs Windows Millenium with Internet Explorer 6, not 8 like the other machine, and with AOL 9 and not 9.1 and guess what, exactly the same problem. The only common factor here is the AOL broadband box and AOL.fr itself. The old machine has not been on-line for weeks so I think that almost rules out the possibility of a recent downloaded Trojan or some such. I have run Spybot S&D and AVG on both machines and nothing found.I have also run Ccleaner but no good effect...............JR

Any AOL experts out there?..................................................................JR

JohnRoss · 07-29-2009, 03:33 AM

Well now even weirder as the problem I reported just disappeared yesterday. The only Windows update today has been this one which I would not have thought could be responsible but what do I know. Maybe AOL has done an update, don't know how you could tell!.

Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.63.422.0)

Date d'installation : ‎28/‎07/‎2009 09:27

État de l'installation : Réussite (successful)

Type de mise à jour (update): Important

Install this update to revise the definition files used to detect spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed

07-24-2009, 07:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
JohnRoss Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: France Deux Sevres Posts: 11 OS: Vista home premium SP2	AOL 9.1 Search doing weird things! Hi running aol 9.1 and if I type something in the top search bar I get something like this: Typed BBC Space force and the following appears in the search bar on the page that comes up BBC%20Space%20force. The list that appears under this has lots of entries that look like this: SALR Thread Data v2 id=2270712&lastpostdt=200701091022&lastp... ... =56946&title=BBC%3A%20%27New%20stem%20cell%20source%27%20discovered ..... = What%20music%20would%20you%20like%20to%20wake%20up%20to%20IN%20SPACE%3F ... =How %20do%20we%20force%20some%20hygiene%20habits%20onto%20this%20guy%3F ... If I type a proper URL in the top search bar all works normally and the site comes up as it does if I click on something in the favorites list. If I use the search bar in Internet Explorer 8 all works normally. If I type BBC Space force in the search bar at the top of the welcome page it all works normally so what is going on? Only just started doing this a few days ago. The situation just got a wee bit stranger! I fired up my old machine which runs Windows Millenium with Internet Explorer 6, not 8 like the other machine, and with AOL 9 and not 9.1 and guess what, exactly the same problem. The only common factor here is the AOL broadband box and AOL.fr itself. The old machine has not been on-line for weeks so I think that almost rules out the possibility of a recent downloaded Trojan or some such. I have run Spybot S&D and AVG on both machines and nothing found.I have also run Ccleaner but no good effect...............JR Any AOL experts out there?..................................................................JR Last edited by JohnRoss; 07-24-2009 at 07:48 AM. Reason: Missed something out

07-29-2009, 03:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
JohnRoss Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: France Deux Sevres Posts: 11 OS: Vista home premium SP2	Re: AOL 9.1 Search doing weird things! Well now even weirder as the problem I reported just disappeared yesterday. The only Windows update today has been this one which I would not have thought could be responsible but what do I know. Maybe AOL has done an update, don't know how you could tell!. Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.63.422.0) Date d'installation : ‎28/‎07/‎2009 09:27 État de l'installation : Réussite (successful) Type de mise à jour (update): Important Install this update to revise the definition files used to detect spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed