I am visiting my daughter in another city and trying to use her old laptop running Windows XP with Internet explorer 8. I have IE set to open three tabs, Yahoo, google, and facebook. Yahoo and google COME up OK but facebook is blocked and I get this error message in my pop-up-blocker: "Internnet Explorer-Search provider default... A program on your computer has corrupted your default search provider setting for Internet explorer." ... Then another message comes up which says; "Internet explorer has RESET this setting to your original search provider. Google (www.google.com) Internet explorer will now open Search Settings where you can change this setting or install new search providers".. followed by an OK button.
Meanwhile a message appears in my blocker bar that says "To help protect your security, Internet explorer has blocked this website from displaying content with security errors... Click for following options" Which are 1) Display blocked content 2) Whats the risk? 3) Info bar help..

If I TRY to access those web sites using firefox, I get differtent error messages but with the same results. So, I can't open most of the web sites without inference that my info may be corrupted or unsafe. I use internet access for checking my accounts and bill paying so I am concerned about using this computer. I then use my daughters other computer which is a MAC,which I am unfamiliar with. I need help..

Can any one tell me what is GOING on and what can I do about it? It sounds like the level of security selected in windows is set to block these type of sites. Can you not when the option "display blocked content" do so and view the sites? I don't know how much you want to alter the security settings (or alternatively allow certain sites" on your daughter's computer. You might want to have that conversation with her.truenorth
P.S. You might want to give Opera a try but if it is a windows security level issue that shouldn't change anything.