links not opening on web pages

[Ted]

Links on web pages I visit all the time are now not
responding. They worked fine until a short time ago.
It's not all links just some of them. Microsoft online
support is one of them.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Links on web pages I visit all the time are now not
responding. They worked fine until a short time ago.
It's not all links just some of them. Microsoft online
support is one of them.

Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS

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[Ted]

Did checks as requested. Made no difference. Sending
this reply by different computer as reply link wont work
on main computer. More suggestions please

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Did checks as requested. Made no difference. Sending
this reply by different computer as reply link wont work
on main computer. More suggestions please

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

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Ted]

Ran Adaware, hijackthis, registry mechanic, and spybot.
Link to message reply now works. Some often used links
on webpages don't. This computer in on smc wireless?
Could that be a problem? Thanks

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Ran Adaware, hijackthis, registry mechanic, and spybot.
Link to message reply now works. Some often used links
on webpages don't. This computer in on smc wireless?
Could that be a problem? Thanks

Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/