No search engine working

[Anthony Brohan]

Hi,
I know that this question has been ansewerd many times
though, whenever I go to google.com/ca it waits about 5
minutes then says scearch page cannot be displayed, the
same problem occours when i search through msn. I have
tried pinging through MS DOS though I get "request
denied". Also I have used the fix that was going around,
though that didn't work.
I surrender to the evil gods of the internet
Anthony Brohan

 

[Mike Burgess]

Anthony,
Sounds like "TrojanQhost" ........ however your AV should have detected
this!

Trojan Qhosts hijacks the HOSTS file, however unlike normal redirectors,
this one hides the HOSTS file in the "Windows\Help" folder.

See: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Download: either "RenHelpHostXP.bat" or RenHelpHostME.bat"
Follow up with the included instructions .......
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-30-03]
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