How do I delete items from Internet Explorer's auto-complete list?

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HiJackThis is an excellent reporting tool, but it can be a little daunting unless you know what you're looking for. You can find it here: http://ask-leo.com/d-hjt

How do I delete the contents(previously searched entries) that drop down in the google search bar?

Thx.

Had to scratch my head a little on this one. What I did was to hit the options button on the Google Toolbar, turn OFF drop down search history, Press ok. Then repeat the process to turn it back on, and the history *appears* to be gone.

I was using a friends computer to retrieve my e-mail from yahoo. I went to the site, opened the bulk folder and deleted it's contents without opening any of them, then went to my normal inbox and read a correspondence. There were some pornographic things in the bulk which always seem to be there from varying providers. They were not opened.

When I closed the mail site and went to a different site, about 15 pornographic sites appeared on the address history. My friend thought I visited all these sites. I didn't. Where did they come from? He has adolescent children who are interested in pornography but don't use the computer that often.

Where did these addresses come from? Please help

Thank you.

It's hard to say exactly. As you might guess, opening the emails is usually what triggers this. Is there any kind of "auto preview" happening? If so, that's equivalent to opening the messages.

I want to be able to look up the history usage of my computer like the recent history of my internet and I know that history can easily be deleted, is there a way to retrive my computers history?

I'm not sure what you mean by "history usage of my computer"?

There are many links to several pornographic websites in my favorties. I dont know how they got there b/c i didnt put them in there. I have tried to delete them by right clicking and deleting them from my favorites menu but in a matter o fdays they are back there again whether i use my computer or not... do you have any suggestions on how to permantely delete them?

Hi
>1st>Despite deleting my TempInternetFiles in the folder: "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
I still have unwanted address bar entries when i type in the address. How can i turn off autocomplete?

>When ever i start iexplorer an offesive webpage loads up. Despite my attempts to change it in Internet Properties=>Homepage=>Address to something else, it keeps on coming back again.

thankyou
john

Chris: I'd suspect adware or spyware, myself. Try this: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000131.html

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