Internet Exp 6.1

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Joe

Can't access from home page to other sites. Always get
Page cannot be displayed message. Problem just started
this week. If I click on a message in the ATT header page
it works but not from the Google and go.

Cheers
 
Can't access from home page to other sites. Always get
Page cannot be displayed message. Problem just started
this week. If I click on a message in the ATT header page
it works but not from the Google and go.

Cheers
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Joe,

I would suspect a dns hijack. The currently known one is QHosts. See
these articles:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100719
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html

Search your system drive, including all hidden and system folders, for
file "hosts" (NOT "hosts.*") (omit the "" when searching). The legit
hosts file will be "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts". All
others are impostors, and possibly causing your problem.

Cheers,

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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