I want to block Bing from appearing,

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  The forum you posted to is for the discussion of Microsoft Security Essentials beta.You can get help with Internet Explorer here - http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads

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  Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:21 PM

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  Hello,
  
  I am currently using IE 6 and I use Google as my search engine.  But very often (too often), if type an address in the address bar of my browser, I am taken to the Bing search page.  I have tried to block http://www.bing.com (Under Internet Options, Privacy, Sites), but it doesn't seem to be working.  I don't want this website to appear.  Please stop imposing it on me.  If I want to use it, I know how to find it.
  
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  Bingless

  Just add the lines:
  127.0.0.1     bing.com
  127.0.0.1     www.bing.com
  
  to your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file
  

  Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:41 PM
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  Hello OrLoft,
  as I have problems with bing.com, too, always appearing on my screen thouh I don't want it, I tried your advice.
  After clicking on 'hosts' I am asked with which program I want to open this host file. Can you, please, tell me which program I have to choose to open it?
  Thank you in advance!!

  Saturday, January 23, 2010 11:08 AM
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  You use notepad to open it.

  Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:12 PM