Denial of service?

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Hi I've just recently been infected with a Denial of Service virus. I'm
using Mcafee AV when i got hit and now it doesn't allow to update. I tried
going to the Mcafee website and it's giving me page not found. I also went
to other AV sites and most of them are shut out too. Some AV sites I manage
to get connected and had my computer scanned for free. My computer seem to
be cleared from the virus because the 4 AV that I used didn't detect any
anymore. My problem is my Mcafee still wouldn't update and the other AV
sites and also Windows update sites couldn't be accessed. Does anybody know
how to re-establish access to websites/updates? I have windows XP with sp2.
please help
 
Denial said:
Hi I've just recently been infected with a Denial of Service virus.
I'm using Mcafee AV when i got hit and now it doesn't allow to
update. I tried going to the Mcafee website and it's giving me page
not found. I also went to other AV sites and most of them are shut
out too. Some AV sites I manage to get connected and had my computer
scanned for free. My computer seem to be cleared from the virus
because the 4 AV that I used didn't detect any anymore. My problem
is my Mcafee still wouldn't update and the other AV sites and also
Windows update sites couldn't be accessed. Does anybody know how to
re-establish access to websites/updates? I have windows XP with sp2.
please help
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Check your "hosts" file to if the virus added any entries to it.
C:/Windows,system32,drivers.ETC,hosts.

Here is what an unadultered file should look like check for anything under
127.0.0.1 Local host.

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
 
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