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Solve : I can no longer "preview" an URL?

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Hello,

In Internet Explorer, up until yesterday when I pointed to a hyperlink I could always "see" the URL of the hyperlink before clicking on it. For example, if I was reading the DRUDGEREPORT and pointed to a headline, I would be able to see that the link was pointing to the www.nytimes.com before I actually clicked on the link.

This feature seems to have been automatically disabled somehow. I have no IDEA how this happened, or how to fix it. I can't even figure out how to describe the issue in a way that would allow me to google a fix!

Could someone please help me?

Thanks

What version of Internet Explorer? Windows or Mac?

They are called "tooltips" by the way.

Have you altered your security settings? I just replied but it APPEARS to have disappeared.


I am running IE v. 8 on Windows (vista)

I havent altered any security settings (as far as I know)

I also noticed that SOMETIMES when I type in the search window on yahoo.com, the text appears backwards, i.e. if I type today it shows up as yadot. This isn't looking good. You might want to run full scans with your AV utility and either Malware Bytes or Super AntispywareQuote from: ADG on September 08, 2009, 02:17:47 PM

You might want to run full scans with your AV utility and either Malware Bytes or Super Antispyware

Yes. This begins to sound ominous.
Almost certainly malware is causing this. I had to clean a computer with this a few years ago and boy was it a pain.

I think a combination of HijackThis! and Spybot Search and Destroy finally KILLED it, but I don't remember for sure.


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