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re: hosts file
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 11:42 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by joe
(7018 messages posted)
Hosts file is like an address book. When you type an address like www.yahoo.com
into your browser, the Hosts file is consulted to see if you have the IP address,
or "telephone number," for that site. If you do, then your computer will "call it"
and the site will open. If not, your computer will ask your ISP's (internet service
provider) computer for the phone number before it can "call" that site. Most of the
time, you do not have addresses in your "address book," because you have not put
any there. Therefore, most of the time your computer asks for the IP address from
your ISP to find sites
If nothing is listed yours as blocked or allowed, that is not it, you probably have
a hijacker, trojan, spyware, anything that your current software is unable go find,
it could be masking itself, so my guess is that it is a trojan or multiple ones.
run this in and do what you haven't already tried, remember to use more then one
online scanner for different results, not at the same time of course.
Before starting, use ERUNT
to make an emergency backup of your registry into a folder of your choice, then
1. Download, update, and scan with CCleaner
to clean Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat
2. Disable System Restore
3. Perform an online
scan virus scan use more then one scanner as each may or may not detect what
the other(s) do not.
4. Download, install, update and scan with (all freeware)....
5. Download, install, update and enable all protection with SpywareBlaster
to help keep bad ActiveX from installing, and use SpywareGaurd
to provide real-time protection against spyware installation.
remove all that is found, repeat all steps 3 and 4 until cleaned. If problem(s) persist,
post back to this thread for further suggestion.
install and use Firefox to do most
general browsing as it is cleaner to use over IE. reenable
system restore after all is cleared up.
if the use of hijackthis is needed, you may obtain it from here
or this Major Geeks Mirror(s).
It is important that it not be ran from a temp folder or the desktop as it makes
backups which may be need later, so upon download, follow
these directions on creating a permanent folder.
only submit a log if asked to.
- Written in response to:
- hosts file (fatman: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 11:09 am)
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