When in Yahoo, I try and Navigate around and when I click on certain
items, such as "Politics" in the new section, I find the following
address on the address line and a message saying the page cannot be
displayed.  This is the address I am getting: 
http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/news/nav/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=703.

As you will note, it says http://rd.yahoo.  I assume the rd means
redirect.  When I go to the *http:// and delete the astric and
everything to the left and then hit enter, the page I am looking for
comes up.  How do I solve this problem?  I have spoken with Dell with
no resolution.

I am using Windows XP Professional.

This normally only happens in Yahoo.  I open with IE 6 on a T1 line.

Bill Case

It appears that there are a number of software applications
(kazaa-lite, some ad blocking software, and possibly others) that
alter your hosts file to cause rd.yahoo.com to resolve to a different
(non-Yahoo) address. To solve the problem, edit your hosts file (in
/windows/system32/drivers/etc/) and remove or comment out (place an #
as the first character of the line) any lines which make reference to
yahoo.com.
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t32806.html

If this doesn't solve your problem, please post a request for
clarification and I will do further research.

search terms: ie6 redirect off (don't ask me, lucky hit)

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Request for Answer Clarification by case1212-ga on 01 Nov 2002 14:36 PST

I tried to go into WIn 32 Drivers, etc.  I found a number of
rd.yahoo.com and put "#" in front of them and it still does not solve
my problem.  Any other suggestions.  Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by alexander-ga on 01 Nov 2002 19:21 PST

By your rating, looks like you got it. Glad to be of service. :)

100 %.  The man is a genius.  I had missed some instances where yahoo
was showing up and once I got rid of all of them, I can navigate
freely.  Thanks som much. I have messed with this thing for six weeks
and have had some folks with real computer know-how stumped.