Posted: 10/10/2004 4:30:05 AM EDT
| Can anyone bring up google? I can't seem to bring it up. |
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Okay...two days and eight hundred attempts later and I cannot get Google to load for some reason...nor Yahoo...nor Adaware....Symantec and Lycos and AR15.com ( or most websites are not a problem ) I have deleted ANY .exe file from 10/10/04 on up but I still must have something that google sees as a threat...can anyone tell me what other kinds of files I should delete from the system???? Thanks guys by the way, the virus was an Exploit virus and neither norton nor microsoft have been one git of help in killing this one off....and YES I have downloaded all of the patches.... |
| There is a file called HOST somewhere on your C drive that blocks access to certain websites, what happens the virus put in the web sites for Google etc. Do a search on it, and I will bet that that file contains the google website. You can use notepad to edit it. |
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I am on it! Hey, also, I have a file that was created at the approximate time that I "got" the virus ( the virus I have is a trojan horse ) and I cannot delete it. the file name is: mss-PEor.exe and it is an "unknown application file" with no credits of any kind...it is in my C:/WINDOWS folder and I can't delete it...any ideas? Thanks for the help so far...going to host! |
| desertmoon: Restart your machine in safe mode, and then you can delete it. But personally, I wouldn't do that, you may need it, what I would do is rename to somthing else so the system can't find it. Restart your system in regulare mode. And if all of your software runs good, then delete it. |
i HAVE FOUND IT AND THE FOLDER INDEED CONTAINS GOOGLE AND ( oops ) Yahoo...should I take them off the list? |
BEFORE YOU DELETE IT, MAKE A COPY OF THE FILE JUST INCASE YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM IT! Use NOTEPAD and take away google, yahoo etc and save it. If the system won't let you save it, you may need to edit it in safe-mode, but I don't think so. AFter you edited it, restart your computer and it should be back to normal. Any others with any other suggestion? |
What operating system are you using Windows 98SE, XP etc, you should try to install the latest updates. They have fixes to prevent hi-jacking of your computer. |
| desertmoon: You've a virus that reinstalls the problem. Have tried to change the "properties" of that HOST file to read-only, that should prevent it from putting it back. Go back and get rid of the extra stuff, and do a right click, select properties and check "read only." You have to get another virus killer in order to get rid of the virus. Try Macafee. |