"The page cannot be displayed"

[Rainy]

Hi folks,

I'm getting that error message whenever I try to go to
certain sites, like ebay or travelocity. I've been having
the problem for a long time, at least a year. Here are
some of the things I've tried:

Installed a different browser, which can get to those
sites fine.

Changed all of my privacy and security settings to default.

renamed HOST file to HOST.old

Verified that I don't have any Style Sheets on.

Here's a really weird thing though that I just noticed
today. If I make a shortcut for ebay and click on it, The
website works! But if I just open my browser to my
homepage (yahoo) and then type in www.ebay.com it gives me
the error message.

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The
Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or
you may need to adjust your browser settings.

And it also has a different URL than what I typed. Here
it is: http://www.qksrv.net/click-280514-10308519?
URL=http%3A%2F%2Fadfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F711-1751-
2978-192?SID=MS030528AFD26F77A4F84A35965943F1CB9EB221

I'm not sure why it's doing this or what I should do
next. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!

 

[Guest]

A message from Server Admin: Some people have reported
arriving at our error page after typing in or clicking a
link to a major search engine. After extensive research
into the issue we have found that one of our server I.P.
addresses has been targeted by a virus which you may have
on your computer called "QHosts". This virus was made
several months before we were allocated the server I.P.
addresses we have now, and therefore we have no control
over it (much to our dismay as it causes disruption to our
servers on a regular basis, however it is diminishing as
people apply the Microsoft patch).

The Microsoft cumulative patch for this vulnerability is
available at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-
040.mspx

We have provided our links page below which contains,
amongst other things, hyperlinks to some major engines,
routed thru our own server which is not affected by the
virus, so they work Ok. You are welcome to use these
links, if you want to, until your own computer is working
properly.