I ran hijack and before it would remove the problems it asks for registration
# and to get that a page comes up requiring purchase for $39. Now what?
You are getting bogus software.
Did you get a friend to download using a known clean computer?
When you downloaded HijackThis, did you go to THIS webpage:
HijackThis <
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155>
and click ONLY on one of the links under Download Locations (MajorGeeks 1, 2, 3,
or 4)?
Can you do IM - either MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger - and I will push a
known good copy of HJT to you.
Look at Registry key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters], at the
contents of DataBasePath.
Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
<
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
<
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>
The value of DataBasePath on most computers should be
%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
From Windows Explorer, find the folder that DataBasePath points to on your
computer. Is there a Hosts file in that folder? Use Notepad to open the Hosts
file. In it, you should find ONLY:
127.0.0.1 localhost
Look at the contents carefully! Does the window show the entire file? SCROLL
DOWN to the bottom of the file - and look for blank lines that make you think
you're seeing a blank file, followed by non-blank lines.
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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
