Ah, woe is me! Despite having uninstalled RealPlayer by using the ADD/UNINSTALL facility, and despite Ad-Aware giving me a clean bill of health, and SpyBot giving me a clean bill of health, and Registry Mechanic okaying my registry, and a Norton AV scan finding nothing, I still have the problem described previously.

That is, from time to time, when I use the input box at the top of my Netscape screen to access either a typed-in or history-recalled URL, I am directed to the Real.Com website. I have to assume that it is the REAL Real.Com and not a masquerader, because I'm not about to click on anything there or do anything except use the input box again to access the originally-asked-for website.

This misbehavior does not relate to just one particular target website; it has happened when I tried to get to several different and unrelated sites.

The false direction does not immediately recur when I try a second time, and I don't recall it ever happening more than once in an on-web session. I can't say it never has more than once in a session, but I don't recall it doing so.

I don't believe I stated in any previous post in this thread that I run WIN XP-Pro, and Netscape 7.1 (or maybe it's 7.2).

I should say that, on the suggestion above by someone, I downloaded and installed Real Alternative. I suppose that, just for diagnostic purposes, I ought to uninstall that, too.

Any fresh ideas/suggestions?

Dave Oesterreich