cageymaru
10-02-2005, 10:01 AM
If I just type something like hardforum into my IE 7 bar (same thing happens in IE 6 and Firefox), I get results from a site that looks like Google, but is called http://www2.look-up-results.com/ . At the bottom of the page, if you click "about" it says that I have to accept a cookie to opt out of the service. The cookie is said to be from www.turnonsearch.com . What the hell is this? Is there something that I am doing to get this service? How do I block it without accepting the cookie (don't want obvious weird crap on my comp)? I tried to disable the browser addons in IE 7 but, that didn't work. There was one called research that I had no clue what it was but disabling it didn't fix the problem. Here is what I get when I visit www.turnonsearch.com:
WELCOME BACK
This service automatically eliminates dead-end "error" pages you encounter as you surf the web. Absolutely no software was installed on your computer for this service to work. This search tool is designed to make your web surfing experience more productive; If you don't want this feature, feel free to opt-out at any time by choosing an alternative option below:
Then you choose whether to opt in or out...
Note: In order for opt-out to work properly, you need to accept a "cookie" indicating that you have opted out of this service. If you use a program that removes cookies, you will have to repeat this opt-out process when the cookie is deleted. The cookie placed on your computer will contain the site name: "www2.look-up-results.com".
Does anyone think that this might be from my ISP- www.Intergate.com? It's a dialup ISP, but I had this same problem on my other computer also. I'm wondering if it has something to do with them... I have google set as my default search, but after 1 search it reverts back to www.look-up-results.com unless I accept the cookie. My whole internet web browsing sessions consist of hardocp, anandtech, msn/foxsports, cdfreaks, and gamespot. I don't think that one of them would do it; has anyone had any problems like mine? Any amount of help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Kelly
WELCOME BACK
This service automatically eliminates dead-end "error" pages you encounter as you surf the web. Absolutely no software was installed on your computer for this service to work. This search tool is designed to make your web surfing experience more productive; If you don't want this feature, feel free to opt-out at any time by choosing an alternative option below:
Then you choose whether to opt in or out...
Note: In order for opt-out to work properly, you need to accept a "cookie" indicating that you have opted out of this service. If you use a program that removes cookies, you will have to repeat this opt-out process when the cookie is deleted. The cookie placed on your computer will contain the site name: "www2.look-up-results.com".
Does anyone think that this might be from my ISP- www.Intergate.com? It's a dialup ISP, but I had this same problem on my other computer also. I'm wondering if it has something to do with them... I have google set as my default search, but after 1 search it reverts back to www.look-up-results.com unless I accept the cookie. My whole internet web browsing sessions consist of hardocp, anandtech, msn/foxsports, cdfreaks, and gamespot. I don't think that one of them would do it; has anyone had any problems like mine? Any amount of help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Kelly