text: what is the name of the bar at the very top of the internet expolorer window? i have just cleaned my sysytem of some viruses and now my ie window has chinese (or soemthing) at the very top.  how do i change that back to english? i've seen this happen with some viruses...  i would run some free virus scanners just to make sure that you've caught and cleaned everything on your computer.  avg is a free av software product or you can download and install which will provide "real-time" protection of your computer.  there are also some free online scans such as the one at trendmicro: http://housecall.antivirus.com.  if running those scans doesn't restore your ie settings, you might need to reinstall the software.  there is a new version of ie available (version 7) from the microsoft web site.