Trouble accessing only 1 website!

[dp]

I am running Windows 2000 professional with Internet
Explorere 6 Service Pack 1.
I cannot get to google.com. I can get to any other
website. The page tries to load but it takes forever and
then I get "page cannot be displayed". I have reset the
speed of the nic card to 100 full, cleared the internet
cache, lowered the History folder size to 5 days, lowered
the size of the temporary internet files folder to 10
megs, checked the security and privacy tabs in Internet
Explorer, upgraded to IE 6 Service Pack1, checked the
lmhosts files, all tcpip is dhcp. Still nothing. Nada.
Anybody ever seen this one? And yes I have tried
http://google.com and http://www.google.com and
www.google.com.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Jason]

-----Original Message-----
I am running Windows 2000 professional with Internet
Explorere 6 Service Pack 1.
I cannot get to google.com. I can get to any other
website. The page tries to load but it takes forever and
then I get "page cannot be displayed". I have reset the
speed of the nic card to 100 full, cleared the internet
cache, lowered the History folder size to 5 days, lowered
the size of the temporary internet files folder to 10
megs, checked the security and privacy tabs in Internet
Explorer, upgraded to IE 6 Service Pack1, checked the
lmhosts files, all tcpip is dhcp. Still nothing. Nada.
Anybody ever seen this one? And yes I have tried
http://google.com and http://www.google.com and
www.google.com.
Thanks in advance.

Me too! I can't get to google either for the past three
days. I'm running W98 2nd with IE 6 SP1 and have the exact
same symptoms. I too have deleted my cache, moved the
cache, reset security to nil, closed my popup killer, but
none of it has worked. I can get to images.google.com
fine, but search engines like yahoo that use google willl
not work. Help us please!

 

[Mike Burgess]

dp,
Trojan Qhosts hijacks the HOSTS file, however unlike normal redirectors,
this one hides the HOSTS file in the "Windows\Help" folder. It then
creates entries that redirects *all* major search engines to a website.
Note: this website has now been removed, thus the DNS errors.
Some users have reported multiple HOSTS files in various locations
[more info]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Microsoft has released a cumulative patch for this vulnerability:
Simply go to Windows Update [hotfix 828750]
[more info]
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-040.asp

[Manual Removal Method]
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
[or]
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100719.htm
Note: not all machines are affected by the same Registry changes
but the user needs to verify in any case, if changes exist.

You can detect "Qhosts" via a new beta version of HijackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/beta/hijackthis.zip
[more info]
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=12127

For instruction on using HijackThis!
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
_______________________________________
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 10-07-03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid

 

[Mike Burgess]

Jason,
Trojan Qhosts hijacks the HOSTS file, however unlike normal redirectors,
this one hides the HOSTS file in the "Windows\Help" folder. It then
creates entries that redirects *all* major search engines to a website.
Note: this website has now been removed, thus the DNS errors.
Some users have reported multiple HOSTS files in various locations
[more info]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Microsoft has released a cumulative patch for this vulnerability:
Simply go to Windows Update [hotfix 828750]
[more info]
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-040.asp

[Manual Removal Method]
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
[or]
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100719.htm
Note: not all machines are affected by the same Registry changes
but the user needs to verify in any case, if changes exist.

You can detect "Qhosts" via a new beta version of HijackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/beta/hijackthis.zip
[more info]
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=12127

For instruction on using HijackThis!
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
_______________________________________
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 10-07-03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
--

 

[dp]

Thanks Mike!

-----Original Message-----
dp,
Trojan Qhosts hijacks the HOSTS file, however unlike normal redirectors,
this one hides the HOSTS file in the "Windows\Help" folder. It then
creates entries that redirects *all* major search engines to a website.
Note: this website has now been removed, thus the DNS errors.
Some users have reported multiple HOSTS files in various locations
[more info]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Microsoft has released a cumulative patch for this vulnerability:
Simply go to Windows Update [hotfix 828750]
[more info]
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03- 040.asp

[Manual Removal Method]
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/tr ojan.qhosts.html
[or]
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100719.htm
Note: not all machines are affected by the same Registry changes
but the user needs to verify in any case, if changes exist.

You can detect "Qhosts" via a new beta version of HijackThis

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/beta/hijackthis.z

ip
[more info]
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=12127

For instruction on using HijackThis!
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
_______________________________________
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 10-07- 03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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I am running Windows 2000 professional with Internet
Explorere 6 Service Pack 1.
I cannot get to google.com. I can get to any other
website. The page tries to load but it takes forever and
then I get "page cannot be displayed". I have reset the
speed of the nic card to 100 full, cleared the internet
cache, lowered the History folder size to 5 days, lowered
the size of the temporary internet files folder to 10
megs, checked the security and privacy tabs in Internet
Explorer, upgraded to IE 6 Service Pack1, checked the
lmhosts files, all tcpip is dhcp. Still nothing. Nada.
Anybody ever seen this one? And yes I have tried
http://google.com and http://www.google.com and
www.google.com.
Thanks in advance.

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