Can't get to search engines/results

A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The page cannot be
displayed". I thought Google was down for a while. But it still won't come
in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I can get to the main page, but when I search for
something, I again get "The page cannot be displayed". Does anybody know why
searching is suddenly a problem for me, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks.

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:03:01 GMT, "Larry Parker"
<larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote:

A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The page cannot be
displayed". I thought Google was down for a while. But it still won't come
in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I can get to the main page, but when I search for
something, I again get "The page cannot be displayed". Does anybody know why
searching is suddenly a problem for me, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks.

It's a virus. Search for this subject in the Google archives for this
group and you'll find the solution.

BB
MFW Britpack www.extreme-positioning.co.uk
There is only one war, and it's not the rich against the poor,
the blacks against the whites, the Federation against the Borg,
or the Democrats versus the Republicans. It's those of us who
aren't complete idiots against those of us who are.

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Larry Parker"
<larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> writing in
news:VuIgb.1962$dn6.1077 (AT) newsread4 (DOT) news.pas.earthlink.net:

A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The page cannot
be displayed". I thought Google was down for a while. But it still
won't come in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I can get to the main page, but
when I search for something, I again get "The page cannot be
displayed". Does anybody know why searching is suddenly a problem for
me, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks.

Look for a thread in this group called Cannot Connect to Google. It's
probably a worm on your system that's doing this.

--
Adrienne Boswell
Please respond to the group so others can share
http://www.arbpen.com

"Larry Parker" <larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote in
news:VuIgb.1962$dn6.1077 (AT) newsread4 (DOT) news.pas.earthlink.net:

A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The page
cannot be displayed". I thought Google was down for a while. But
it still won't come in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I can get to the
main page, but when I search for something, I again get "The
page cannot be displayed". Does anybody know why searching is
suddenly a problem for me, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks.

Could be the delude/QHosts Trojan:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...an.qhosts.html
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml

Remove it, then apply the latest MS Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/MS03-040.asp

--
Kayode Okeyode
http://www.kayodeok.co.uk/weblog/

I appreciate the responses. I went to symantec.com, ran their on-line check
for viruses and trojan horses, and my computer was clean. I also ran an
F-Prot antivirus, and again, nothing bad was found. So I deleted my link to
www.google.com from my favorites, which is apparently getting redirected to
a site which has been shut down. Elsewhere on this newsgroup, I saw that
Google can also be accessed at www2.google.com, so I'm using that--it works
normally. But I don't know why I'm still having the problem with some search
engines when nothing bad has been found on my computer.



"kayodeok" <news4kayode (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote

"Larry Parker" <larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote in
news:VuIgb.1962$dn6.1077 (AT) newsread4 (DOT) news.pas.earthlink.net:

A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The page
cannot be displayed". I thought Google was down for a while. But
it still won't come in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I can get to the
main page, but when I search for something, I again get "The
page cannot be displayed". Does anybody know why searching is
suddenly a problem for me, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks.

Could be the delude/QHosts Trojan:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...an.qhosts.html
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml

Remove it, then apply the latest MS Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/MS03-040.asp

--
Kayode Okeyode
http://www.kayodeok.co.uk/weblog/

Larry Parker wrote:

"kayodeok" <news4kayode (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote in message
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"Larry Parker" <larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote in
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A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The page
cannot be displayed". I thought Google was down for a while. But
it still won't come in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I can get to the
main page, but when I search for something, I again get "The
page cannot be displayed". Does anybody know why searching is
suddenly a problem for me, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks.

Could be the delude/QHosts Trojan:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...an.qhosts.html
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml

Remove it, then apply the latest MS Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/MS03-040.asp

I appreciate the responses. I went to symantec.com, ran their on-line
check for viruses and trojan horses, and my computer was clean. I
also ran an F-Prot antivirus, and again, nothing bad was found. So I
deleted my link to www.google.com from my favorites, which is
apparently getting redirected to a site which has been shut down.
Elsewhere on this newsgroup, I saw that Google can also be accessed
at www2.google.com, so I'm using that--it works normally. But I don't
know why I'm still having the problem with some search engines when
nothing bad has been found on my computer.

next time you're near a working search engine try a little research for
"Ad-ware" and "spy-ware"

--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

"Larry Parker" <larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote in
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"kayodeok" <news4kayode (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote in message
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"Larry Parker" <larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote in
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A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The
page cannot be displayed". I thought Google was down for a
while. But it still won't come in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I
can get to the main page, but when I search for something, I
again get "The page cannot be displayed". Does anybody know
why searching is suddenly a problem for me, and what can I do
to fix it? Thanks.

Could be the delude/QHosts Trojan:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com.../data/trojan.q
hosts.html http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml

Remove it, then apply the latest MS Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/MS03-040.asp

I appreciate the responses. I went to symantec.com, ran their
on-line check for viruses and trojan horses, and my computer was
clean. I also ran an F-Prot antivirus, and again, nothing bad
was found. So I deleted my link to www.google.com from my
favorites, which is apparently getting redirected to a site
which has been shut down. Elsewhere on this newsgroup, I saw
that Google can also be accessed at www2.google.com, so I'm
using that--it works normally. But I don't know why I'm still
having the problem with some search engines when nothing bad has
been found on my computer.

You may wish to check your Hosts File:

www.imilly.com/google.htm

--
Kayode Okeyode
http://www.kayodeok.co.uk/weblog/

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 16:20:39 GMT, "Larry Parker"
<larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote:

I appreciate the responses. I went to symantec.com, ran their on-line check
for viruses and trojan horses, and my computer was clean. I also ran an
F-Prot antivirus, and again, nothing bad was found. So I deleted my link to
www.google.com from my favorites, which is apparently getting redirected to
a site which has been shut down. Elsewhere on this newsgroup, I saw that
Google can also be accessed at www2.google.com, so I'm using that--it works
normally. But I don't know why I'm still having the problem with some search
engines when nothing bad has been found on my computer.

My guess would be you're not looking hard enough. Try the online scan
at www.panda.com. You can access this easily by going to
www.therealstartpage.com and scrolling down a ways.

BB

"kayodeok" <news4kayode (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote in message
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"Larry Parker" <larryparker (AT) larryparker (DOT) net> wrote in
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A few days ago I couldn't get to Google. All I got was "The page
cannot be displayed". I thought Google was down for a while. But
it still won't come in, and on Yahoo, and MSN, I can get to the
main page, but when I search for something, I again get "The
page cannot be displayed". Does anybody know why searching is
suddenly a problem for me, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks.

Could be the delude/QHosts Trojan:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...an.qhosts.html
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml

Remove it, then apply the latest MS Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/MS03-040.asp

--
Kayode Okeyode
http://www.kayodeok.co.uk/weblog/