Popular Search Engines

[Kelley]

Whenever I try to navigate to google search, Yahoo, or
other popular search engine, the page does not load. I
have to go to less popular engines. Why is this? I need
help. This has been happening for a long time and I have
tried to get support from everyone, but nothing works!
Sincerely,
Kelley
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Ray]

Download CWShredder from
http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html and run
it in SAFE Mode. Also run Spybot from http://www.safer-
networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download and delete
all the red entries. Finally, if you still have problems
download HijackThis from http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/ , run
it and then post your result at
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php? where they
specialise in HijackThis

 

[Godpapa]

Whenever I try to navigate to google search, Yahoo, or
other popular search engine, the page does not load. I
have to go to less popular engines. Why is this? I need
help. This has been happening for a long time and I have
tried to get support from everyone, but nothing works!
Sincerely,
Kelley
(e-mail address removed)

You may have a hijacker problem. Most will be removed by any decent
antispy software. Suggest you try Adaware ( www.lavasoftusa.com ) and
Spybot ( security.kolla.de )

 

[Mike Burgess]

Kelley,
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-08-03]
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[H Leboeuf]

Qhosts virus/trojan, ALERT!.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100719.htm
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojqhosts1.html

Removal tools that have been used with success.
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/CIS/Software_Services/virus/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/downloads/critical/828750/default.asp