S
Steph
I wrote in to this ng last week with this problem (when I
try to get to a search engine I get one of two pages, one
of which refers to google, but both tell me that I have a
malicious program that won't allow me access to the page
I am looking for).
After reading several other posts and the responses to my
own (thank you), I decided I had the Trojan_Qhost virus.
I have Norton Antivirus 2002 installed on my WinXP
machine. I updated my definitions and ran a full system
scan several times. It said I was clean. I went to
Symantecs website and ran their fix for this virus. It
couldn't find said virus. I ran TrendMicro's Housecall
several times. Nothing. Ran their fix. Nothing. Went
to McAffee's website. I have followed every link I can
find and read all the info on Qhosts.
By all the symptoms, I have this virus, but all scans on
my computer say it is clean. Is there another virus that
behaves similiarly to the Qhost Trojan that the scans
aren't picking up yet? Is there another way to determine
if I do have this virus, other than by my browser's
behavior...like, say, a specific file or something?
The only thing I haven't tried yet is the manual fix
because it seems quite involved, and I am not very
confident about hacking the registry. Besides the fact
that everything is telling me I don't have a virus.
Any help would be appreciated,
Steph
try to get to a search engine I get one of two pages, one
of which refers to google, but both tell me that I have a
malicious program that won't allow me access to the page
I am looking for).
After reading several other posts and the responses to my
own (thank you), I decided I had the Trojan_Qhost virus.
I have Norton Antivirus 2002 installed on my WinXP
machine. I updated my definitions and ran a full system
scan several times. It said I was clean. I went to
Symantecs website and ran their fix for this virus. It
couldn't find said virus. I ran TrendMicro's Housecall
several times. Nothing. Ran their fix. Nothing. Went
to McAffee's website. I have followed every link I can
find and read all the info on Qhosts.
By all the symptoms, I have this virus, but all scans on
my computer say it is clean. Is there another virus that
behaves similiarly to the Qhost Trojan that the scans
aren't picking up yet? Is there another way to determine
if I do have this virus, other than by my browser's
behavior...like, say, a specific file or something?
The only thing I haven't tried yet is the manual fix
because it seems quite involved, and I am not very
confident about hacking the registry. Besides the fact
that everything is telling me I don't have a virus.
Any help would be appreciated,
Steph