# First Xupiter, now Yahoo! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-xupiter-now-yahoo/173305 "2003-05-06T01:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-xupiter-now-yahoo/173305/1 "2003-05-06T01:23:04Z")
Just when Spybot had wiped out all the crapware that loaded itself on my computer, I entered a non-existent URL into Internet Explorer, and instead of a 404 page I get a Yahoo! search page telling me Yahoo can’t find the web site!!! Uninstall doesn’t show any Yahoo program. How do I rid myself of this pest? ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-xupiter-now-yahoo/173305/2 "2003-05-06T01:53:22Z")
Go to **Tools|Internet Options|Advanced** , scroll down to the **Search from the Address bar** heading, and select **Do not search from the Address bar**. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-xupiter-now-yahoo/173305/3 "2003-05-06T03:00:28Z")
Yeah, what I also hate about that feature is that it will do the same thing for a url containing “www”, as in: http://. **www**.yahoo is messed up. I, too, will follow the tip.