Getting error msg when going into Yahoo games

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Hokulani

Ok so far I've contacted everyone I can think of now they
are all sending me to my Internet EXP 6. I am unable to
get into yahoo games, I end up with error message saying :
1. not connected to internet
2. server down
3. stale cache
4. behind a firewall
is anyone else having this problem????
I've tried going thru netscape, contacted my provider
and even Yahoo and seems to me everyone is passing the
buck.
What is going on! i never had this problem b4
 
I forgot to say: I am on cable so i am connected to
internet, I've cleared all my cache, am not behind a
firewall. Only thing I can think of is if a port is
closed. Any Idea's????
 
Check for this which is affecting Yahoo search via a Hosts file.

Qhosts virus/trojan, aka delude.

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml

NAME: Delude
ALIAS: Trojan.BAT.Startpage.a
Delude is a trojan that is available on a web page. The web page contains a
code that uses a vulnerability in the Internet Explorer (MS03-032) to
execute.
More information about the vulnerability, including a fix, is available from
Microsoft at:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-032.asp
VARIANT: Delude.A
The HTA code available on a web page downloads a file "partyboy.exe" from an
ftp site and runs it. This file is is packed with UPX. It is a batch file
which was compiled to executable binary (".exe") using a BatToExe tool.
When executed, it changes the Internet Explorer start page to find-now.info.
It prevents access to the most major search engines such as Google, Yahoo,
Lycos, MSN and AltaVista. To do this it replaces the following file:

More:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.removal.tool.html
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100719.htm
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojqhosts1.html

An other removal tool that has been used with success.
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/CIS/Software_Services/virus/index.html
 
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