JavaScript Disabled    Your browser has not been checked for parasites, because JavaScript is disabled.    For technical reasons, the automatic-detection feature on this web page can only work with Internet Explorer on Windows, when "Active Scripting" is enabled and "Download signed ActiveX components" is not disabled.    If you are an IE/Win user, you can turn JavaScript on (temporarily is probably best) by going to Tools->Internet Options->Security->Internet Zone->Custom Settings and setting ’Active Scripting’ to ’Enable’ or ’Prompt’. Then force a page reload using CTRL+F5. You've just been scanned for “known” scumware that use “Browser Helper Objects” to exploit Internet Explorer. Since you are visiting this page, you have probably been experiencing redirects while browsing category links or clicking item titles from eBay search result pages... Only to land on eBay’s Home page. It can quickly become tiresome and can be frustrating to say the least. There can be many possible causes for this annoyance: 1.) Your eBay cookies may be corrupt, especially if you have multiple eBay IDs that use the same machine. 2.) eBay's incessant use of poorly coded JavaScript often throws off multiple errors... Every eBay page has both HTML encoded and Javascript downloads... Sometimes as many as seven7 downloads per page AND those JS DLs sometimes contain up to an additional three3 JS DLs called from within. 3.) Your computer is infested with a parasite and eBay is utilizing some form of script suppression to keep your browser “on-site”. It’s a tough call. The first recommendation is for you to clear your cache (delete Temporary Internet Files) and dump (delete) your cookies (can be a pain-in-the-rear if you use cookies to set site preferences). eXit (close) all browser windows (to dump JS and cookies from memory) and start a new browser session. Did that help? If not, you should consider familiarizing yourself with various pest removal tools to rid your computer of security risks as well as removing the annoyance you are currently experiencing. Displayed to your right is eBay’s recommended actions... Though they are somewhat on-track, it is apparent that eBay is not greatly concerned about your computer’s security nor any future frustration you may encounter because of their directions. A far better approach would be to download Ad-Aware or SpyBot Search & Destroy. If you already have Ad-Aware, be sure that it is the most current build (Ad-Aware 6 Build 0162)... If not, DL it. 1.) After DLing, update the Reference File to the latest one (0R149 25.06.2003 as of June 25th 2003). 2.) Read the instructions and familiarize yourself with the methods used to quarantine the suspect files for later retrieval if necessary. 3.) Familiarize yourself with the process of archiving a logfile (will prove very helpful if you need to visit LavaSoft’s forums for a problem parasite). 4.) Scan your computer and archive the logfile. 5.) If you are unsure about what is safe to remove, simply mark the tracking cookies for deletion... Delete. 6.) Rescan, select the items from the alerts that you think may be the cause of your problem, mark them for deletion and quarantine the lot just in case you accidentally delete something necessary. 7.) Run your computer, if there is still an “annoyance” that was not taken care of with the above steps, or something keeps reappearing in your scans, take your most recent logfile to the LavaSoft forums. 8.) You may be asked to download HijackThis, run it and post the contents of the logfile it creates. (Simply click “Save log” to create it.) Do not fix anything with HijackThis unless you can 100% identify the item you wish to delete (like porn-dialers, etc.)... HijackThis will delete with NO possible way to restore. HijackThis (ver. 1.95) now has a backup feature (set as the default) and can list running processes. 9.) If your problem is caused by a currently unknown parasite you may be asked to submit the file to LavaSoft so that a research team can identify the offenders and include them into the next Reference File update. 10.) You will be given detailed and knowledgeable suggestions from very patient members on how to fix and/or remove the troublesome pest(s). You can find the download links to the above FREE applications plus additional FREE software and scumware removal information at http://quidnunc.net/~highpointe/scumware.htm ... Not to be too critical of eBay, but it is obvious that they are incapable of differentiating between a commercial and FREE site. eBay’s recommendation to use BHODemon is sound, as it is a fine and very simple to use application, BUT it is NOT a complete remedy. If eBay is running a suppression script (very likely and probably referred to as a “browser debugger”) your computer and browser security is not increased... Simply put, the dangerous cancer is masked over while visiting eBay. If you have a form of scumware residing on your hard-drive, there is a very good possibility that a unprotected back-door to the Internet exists... Any form of malware can scan your ports and exploit this open doorway. Should a keylogger come through and set up residence, your redirect annoyance will be very minor compared to the time and costs involved repairing your identity. Frankly, a placebo for a very curable illness is irresponsible. Good Luck!     Important Update After communicating with a few members who are experiencing these redirects, there appears to be no “known” spyware infesting their computers that is causing the browser to visit the eBay Home page. To summarize a few of the emails:     Two2 users found no parasites and opted to use eBay's instructions to disable “third-party extensions” and successfully navigated through eBay.     Two2 users DLed, installed, and ran BHODemon, after disabling suspect BHOs was able to navigate eBay.     One1 user went directly to eBay’s instructions for disabling “third-party extensions” with success.     Four4 users cleaned their systems using Ad-Aware and still encountered problems.     One1 user ran Ad-Aware and followed eBay’s instructions for manually removing BHOs without success.     Three3 users used Ad-aware and followed both sets of eBay instructions to your right and still experienced the redirects. The last eight8 users mentioned above were then given the recommendation to follow the instructions on this eBay Answer Center page. All eight8 reported back with success which, unfortunately, indicates that some eBay JavaScripting is interferring with certain software, applications, security and/or browser features on their machines. The instructions on that Answer Center page will knock out all eBay JavaScripting while visiting the item listing pages and search results pages... The draw-back is that the Refined Search feature is rendered useless (since it resides on eBay’s search server)... eBay’s Advanced Search does not reside on that server and should function okay, barring errant eBay JavaScripting. For those experiencing the redirects from the Sell Your Item forms I can only suggest that you make sure that your system is clean (DL, install and run Ad-Aware and BHODemon at the very least) and temporarily disable “third-party extensions”. Update box revised July 10 2003 at 23:04:00 to reflect additional email communication and that on July 7th eBay was rolling out a fix (for errant JS) for the “click-through URLS” (strange name for redirects but guess eBay should know their poor JS coding better than most).