Search engines (google, msn, etc.) don't work.

[Richard]

Hello, my search engines won't work, is there a security
issue i havent heard about? All other websites work, but
google, msn search, yahoo search etc. the "page
unavaiable" screen pops up. If you can help, it would be
much appreciated................Thanks, Rich

 

[Gary Tsang]

Hi,

It sounds like you've been infected with the Trojan.Qhost trojan.
Information regarding this can be found here.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html

The removal tool for this trojan is available here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.removal.tool.html