Sorry Ex Brit but your last answer disappoints....
1. SearchScan is not from your ISP. "What is SearchScan?
SearchScan by Yahoo! Search helps alerts you to sites with security concerns such as viruses, spam, and other dangerous software which may expose your computer or unsolicited email which may flood your email.
Yahoo! Search has partnered with McAfee, a leading web security company, to scan search results for dangerous web sites. SearchScan can help protect you from:" (etc, etc, etc)
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/security/security-01.htmlI had already explored these possibilities before I went to support. I like trying to solve my own problems.
2. It really makes me want to tear my hair out when people say they perfer Google to Yahoo. It's not the point. Google returns results based on how popular a site is on a key word by the number of past hits. Yahoo returns results based on the number of matching key words. When you're searching for items, phrases that are obscure Yahoo gives better results. When you want the local theater use Google and you'll get the most popular site.
3. At least you said you don't know what's going on. I like honesty.
4. I still want the old version. I still don't like being a test subject.