It sounds like you have some how installed the dreaded my web search tool bar or one of its components. To fix, try this...
First,
uninstall the My Web Search option from Add/Remove Programs
1)
Click on Start, Settings,
Control Panel
2)
Double click on Add/Remove Programs
3)
Find "My Web Search" in the list of installed programs and click on
Change/Remove to uninstall it. You may also
want to uninstall any of the following items associated with
FunWebProducts.
- My Web
Search (Smiley Central or FWP product as applicable)
- My Way
Speedbar (Smiley Central or other FWP as applicable)
- My Way
Speedbar (AOL and Yahoo Messengers) (beta users only)
- My Way
Speedbar (Outlook, Outlook Express, and IncrediMail)
- Search
Assistant - My Way
4)
Reboot your Computer and run
HijackThis
5)
With HijackThis, scan for and fix any of the entries shown above that
may be remaining.
6)
Next, open My Computer, Drive C, and double-click on the Program Files
folder
7)
Right-click and delete the folders for:
-
FunWebProducts
-
MyWebSearch
8)
MyWebSearch should now be completely uninstalled from your computer.
9)
There will be some minor registry entries left behind by the uninstall,
however these can be cleaned up by running
SpyBot Search
and Destroy or
Ad-Aware SE
or left alone.