J Jay Oct 5, 2003 #1 My search does not work and I can't call others such as Google. Does anyone know what my problem is?
R Ramesh Oct 5, 2003 #2 Hi Jay, Your system might be affected by the recent Qhosts Trojan. This Trojan Horse that will modify the TCP/IP settings to point to a different DNS server. Blocks many search engines. Trojan.Qhosts Removal Tool http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.remova l.tool.html == Open the HOSTS file and delete all mappings except: 127.0.0.1 localhost The file is located at "C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc" (named "HOSTS") Backup the current HOSTS file first. -- Regards, Ramesh [MS-MVP] AOL: SRamesh2k «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» «.............. Ramesh ...............» «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» ~ Please reply to newsgroup ~ My search does not work and I can't call others such as Google. Does anyone know what my problem is?
Hi Jay, Your system might be affected by the recent Qhosts Trojan. This Trojan Horse that will modify the TCP/IP settings to point to a different DNS server. Blocks many search engines. Trojan.Qhosts Removal Tool http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.remova l.tool.html == Open the HOSTS file and delete all mappings except: 127.0.0.1 localhost The file is located at "C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc" (named "HOSTS") Backup the current HOSTS file first. -- Regards, Ramesh [MS-MVP] AOL: SRamesh2k «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» «.............. Ramesh ...............» «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» ~ Please reply to newsgroup ~ My search does not work and I can't call others such as Google. Does anyone know what my problem is?
