to the computer pros on this board.. You know what this is?
 

this started last night. Whenever I go to search engines and search for something.. In this example I search for "CNN" in google, and click on the site - the loading fails and in the adress bar I see this strange link:

http://www.cnn.com/?cid=2994905018&aid=1809&q=cnn

this happens all the time, and what gets added is this part:

?cid=2994905018&aid=1809&q=cnn

Seems like some form of ID and then the search query..

Any one know why this is happening?

check you host file

its in your windows/system32/ look for the lmhosts file and delete it.

Hey he asked for a pro ;)

searched the system32 folder.. cant find any file named imhost**

:-(

*** EDIT: saw its LMhost.. gonna search for it now..

oh man!! seems its working OK now!!

Thanks Goodchris!! REALLY appreciate it. ;-)

Hey Good Chris... The problem is back and this time I cant find any lmhosts files at all in the entire windows folder..

Any clue on what can be the problem?