Internet Explorer 8 has commandeered my search engine! [View All]

[The Backlash Cometh]

I'm having major problems with the interaction between my browser and my security software -- Trend Micro. It started around Christmas time and I thought I had resolved everything by updating Trend Micro and updated Internet Explorer. Everything worked well for a few days, but suddenly, today, almost every other url gets blocked. I went into Trend Micro and put all the settings down to "low," restarted the system and everything worked well for a few hours. Now Internet Explorer 8 is sabotaging everything.Even when I type specific urls. For a couple of seconds you can see a screen with a tab that says, "Diagnose the problem" and then it goes to a generic search list as if it can't find the exact url.

Then Internet Explore 8 has a pop-up window that suggests I download their new search features.

Should I do that, or is this another Microsoft intrusion?