I am also having a problem with all my major search
engines (Google, Ask, etc.) being re-routed to either an
404 error message or the Just Hosting web site.
According to the web site the problem was caused by a
virus that is re-routing search requests to their
servers. They suggested that I run a new Microsoft
update to fix this. It did not seem to help - I am still
getting the same error. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hi,

It might be a problem with your HOSTS file. Search for a file with that name
(no extension) on your disk, open it in Notepad and remlove line scontaining
google.com etc. Save the file and reboot.

It might be wise to check for spyware and adware using Spybot (www.kolla.de)
and AdAware (www.lavasoft.de).

Kind regards

Hans Le Roy
MS MVP Win/IE-OE

"Dick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:003901c3ac62$eebafc30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am also having a problem with all my major search
> engines (Google, Ask, etc.) being re-routed to either an
> 404 error message or the Just Hosting web site.
> According to the web site the problem was caused by a
> virus that is re-routing search requests to their
> servers. They suggested that I run a new Microsoft
> update to fix this. It did not seem to help - I am still
> getting the same error. Does anyone know how to fix this?

"Dick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:003901c3ac62$eebafc30$(E-Mail Removed)
> I am also having a problem with all my major search
> engines (Google, Ask, etc.) being re-routed to either an
> 404 error message or the Just Hosting web site.
> According to the web site the problem was caused by a
> virus that is re-routing search requests to their
> servers. They suggested that I run a new Microsoft
> update to fix this. It did not seem to help - I am still
> getting the same error. Does anyone know how to fix this?

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com

If all fails, then.

Qhosts virus/trojan, ALERT!.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...an.qhosts.html
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100719.htm
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/anal...ojqhosts1.html

Removal tools that have been used with success.
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/CIS/...rus/index.html
http://software.brown.edu/dist/w-cleanqhosts.html

Be sure that you install hotfix 828750 which fixes the exploit that this
virus uses:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...50/default.asp


--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm


"Dick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:003901c3ac62$eebafc30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am also having a problem with all my major search
> engines (Google, Ask, etc.) being re-routed to either an
> 404 error message or the Just Hosting web site.
> According to the web site the problem was caused by a
> virus that is re-routing search requests to their
> servers. They suggested that I run a new Microsoft
> update to fix this. It did not seem to help - I am still
> getting the same error. Does anyone know how to fix this?