a virus affecting Internet Explorer, how do you get rid of this?

I have to go through a search engine whenever i am online. when i type something in the address bar, it sends me to a page (some crappy search engine) every time. Anyone know what this is, and how to get rid of it?

Thanks,
Jason

 

Have you ran preferably both anti spyware programs spybot and Adaware yet
???
Provide more info so I/we do not have to look at all your old posts please
seems Ive already asked for a log , whitch didnt get posted ?

You could post the bad url's that show up to ?

Regards
Lonny

 

this would not be in my previous posts.
i am trying to find adware and spybot again.
i will respond with the URL's when i get home (about 5 CMT)

 

absentmindedJWC --

Not clear why you "have to go through a search engine whenever i am online ". Don't active links, Favorites or just entering a URL in the Address bar work.
My initial reaction is that your search engine has been hijacked. AdAware and SpybotS&D may find the cause and you should run one or the other. It cannot hurt.
AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
SpybotS&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/
In both cases be sure to use the latest reference files.
But more specific to search page hijackers is to scan with HiJackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Look at the R1 entries. Here is a tutorial on HJT
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html