trace route of web site redirected to myself?

[namsilat]

I have not been able to access www.symantec.com for past week. When I
tried to open the link in browser, a message pops up "connection
refused". So I did a trace route on that site:

Tracing route to www.symantec.com [127.0.0.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms localhost [127.0.0.1]

Trace complete.

For some reason the site was directed to what looks like my own
machine. I have no problem accessing internet or using other sites in
general. I don't know why for symantec's site it's happening this way.
As a result, I have not been able to update my virus definition. Where
in the Windows Network configuration could this happen?

 

[Ovidiu Popa]

Check the hosts file if you have a mapping for www.symantec.com. If yes,
remove it. This mapping could be the result of a viral infection.

Ovidiu Popa
MVP

 

[namsilat]

yup good thought, I actually thought of it and checked it as well, but
no entries there. Any other suggestion? Someone else also suggested
viral infection, so I am scanning my hard drives now.

Check the hosts file if you have a mapping for www.symantec.com. If yes,
remove it. This mapping could be the result of a viral infection.

Ovidiu Popa
MVP

I have not been able to access www.symantec.com for past week. When I
tried to open the link in browser, a message pops up "connection
refused". So I did a trace route on that site:

Tracing route to www.symantec.com [127.0.0.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms localhost [127.0.0.1]

Trace complete.

For some reason the site was directed to what looks like my own
machine. I have no problem accessing internet or using other sites in
general. I don't know why for symantec's site it's happening this way.
As a result, I have not been able to update my virus definition. Where
in the Windows Network configuration could this happen?