Hi,

When I try to connect to <google, yahoo or msn>.com
browser automatically gets redirected to some other
search site (e.g., RoyalSearch.net, sexpatriot.net
searches etc) ...

1. Is my machine compromised ?
2. How may I fix this ?

Thanks,
XJ

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


"Xjango" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:072001c3ad0d$d3ac7260$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> When I try to connect to <google, yahoo or msn>.com
> browser automatically gets redirected to some other
> search site (e.g., RoyalSearch.net, sexpatriot.net
> searches etc) ...
>
> 1. Is my machine compromised ?
> 2. How may I fix this ?
>
> Thanks,
> XJ