"some.url" --->?

[Saruman]

Why is it, when I start IE, my homepage(google.com) comes up which is fine, however another tab opens which loads "some.url"

I am scanning my computer now.

I only have IE on this computer, so won't be testing other browsers.

Anyelse have this happen to them?

 

[D]

I have a good idea, stop using IE 😛

 

[Saruman]

😛

i could install my aol cd 😀

I just wasn't sure if anyone else had this tab try to open upon startup of the broweser...?

 

[Patrick S.]

Shady don't be a bad boy. Your not allowed to use logic here.
What type of site does it load?
Did you check your load settings?
I had something like this happen once. Check for malware.

 

[Poopy Head]

You're using IE?!?!? No wonder your computer has so many viruses, you just simply open IE and your Avast starts blowing up.

 

[Saruman]

um...like I said, it doesn't load any site, a tab opens and loads "some.url" which is not a site...its nothing, the url is nothing, why does it load? :shrug:

 

[Patrick S.]

Isn't there an option in IE that tells you what tabs load on start?

 

[Saruman]

where is it?

 

[Patrick S.]

I wouldn't know...I'd have to dust of my IE (if it would ever load) and check.
Try settings or some options thingy.

 

[Saruman]

The only homepage url is google.com

 

[Patrick S.]

I guess try malwarebytes.org they have a good tool for searching for malware. Had something like this happen to me a long time ago.

 

[Saruman]

im using avast right now, next will open up my malwarebytes.

 

[David]

Why is it, when I start IE, my homepage(google.com) comes up which is fine, however another tab opens which loads "some.url"

I am scanning my computer now.

I only have IE on this computer, so won't be testing other browsers.

Anyelse have this happen to them?

Opening a new tab does not mean you are opening the home page. You can customise this in the most basic settings - I can't remember where, but there is definitely a setting icon probably in the shape of a gear cog, iirc.

 

[Saruman]

Wierd, there are some sun/java temp files I deleted and now only google opens. 🙂

 

[Dirty Dog]

I am loving reading these posts.
Everyone seems to hate IE. :lol:
I have to say I agree 100%.
But that's beside the point here.
I would suggest using Chrome.
No "some.url" page, no annoying pop-ups
or addons unless you manually add them yourself.
And above all...faster speed and CSS3 works properly.

However, if you're determined to continue using IE,
I suggest you take a look into BROWSER SETTINGS.

 

[Poopy Head]

um...like I said, it doesn't load any site, a tab opens and loads "some.url" which is not a site...its nothing, the url is nothing, why does it load? :shrug:

How long have you been using it? It's probably just a virus and I don't think there isn't much we can really do to help you get rid of it besides you just manually removing it, or you can do what Dirty Dog said and look into it where you haven't before if you want to keep using IE. 😉

 

[ramtastic05]

in IE click on the little down arrow next to the homepage button, and go to remove -> remove all

then add google.com as your homepage again, see if that works

also go into internet options under the tools menu and check your settings in there
i hope it works for you

 

[wanos]

Dude, I am running into the same thing. I am on Windows 7, 64-bit, using IE 8 and Avast 6.0.1367, and have Google as my homepage as well. It happens intermittently and started maybe 2-3 weeks ago. I'm tempted to just use System Restore to take me back a month. So far Malwarebytes, Avast and Spybot Search and Destroy has all found nothing. I will let you know what else I find out. Oddly enough, I find barely anything about this symptom on Google, except 2 othe people besides us asking about it. The common thing? Everyone affected is using Avast, IE and have Google as their home page.

I have noticed that since it started 2-3 weeks ago, I wonder if IE just craps out when trying to display the new Google olympic pictures/links. Maybe I'll try changing my homepage to Yahoo or something for a week or two.

I sure hope my computer didn't get infected with the super virus that Iran was targetted with LOL. If all else fails, it's back to the good o' reformat/reinstall of Windows.

BTW, did I tell you all how friggen fast 2 SATA 6.0 Gb/sec SSD drives in RAID 0 are? Smoking fast. Windows boots up in less than 10 seconds, Word 2010 and Photoshop opens up in a sec, and virus/maleware scanning of my computer fishes in a fraction of the time it used to take with SATA 3.0 Gb/sec 7200 RPM drives LOL. And yes, I know TRIM doesn't work when using RAID 0 with SSDs, but the new garbage collectors in newer SSDs work much better, I hear anyways. If you're going to spend $100 on something else for your computer, use it instead to buy an SSD to be your primary OS/application install drive.<br /><br />-- 11 Aug 2012, 03:42 --<br /><br />Alright man, try this. I finally took the time to do some investigative work as I am a computer guru, and I found that the some.url is IE's way of saying it can't find the website (whatever that website is). Anyways, I'm not sure if your real homepage is triggering it or not, but specifically, when I looked at some of the sources and other places in the background, I found that this error is related to Windows not being able to find name resolution (DNS). As a result, I did a DNS flush, and so far, I have not experienced it. However, only time will tell within the next week.

To apply this potential fix, try this (if on Windows XP). Even if this is not the real solution, it will NOT harm your system in any way.

1) Go to your Start menu > Run and type: cmd
2) Press [Enter]
3) In the Command Prompt window (or that black window), type: ipconfig /flushdns
4) Press [Enter]
5) You should receive a message that says "Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache."
6) Let us know after a week if the issue comes back.

For Vista/Windows 7, on step 1, go to the Windows circle icon on the bottom left > "Search programs and files" and then type: cmd

 

[z0rpan]

It's caused by the avast WebRep IE add-on. I just sent a ticket into avast.

To disable avast WebRep, go to Tools > Internet Options > Manage add-ons> Select avast! WebRep and click disable in the bottom right.