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Following up to Adrienne Boswell <arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

2. Run a malware check (also in safe mode) - I like Spybot Search and
Destroy [www.safer-networking.org/]

I ran that one and although it detected stuff theres no change with
the problem, I will try some of the other things. Ive tried Opera a
few times now and it seems unaffected.
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Following up to Mike..... <mikebclothing (AT) freedomnames (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Anyone any ideas whats happening?

i decided to clear the search histories (there wasnt one in Opera,
which was OK) and touch wood all is working again, I'll be back when
it stops working no doubt :-)
thanks everyone for the ideas
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Following up to Mike..... <mikebclothing (AT) freedomnames (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

I'll be back when
it stops working no doubt :-)

yep, it stopped again :-(
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Following up to Mike..... <mikebclothing (AT) freedomnames (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

I'll be back when
it stops working no doubt :-)

yep, it stopped again :-(

Did you look at your hosts file? It's probably in Windows->System32->
Drivers->Etc and it can be opened with a plain text editor. If you open it
with Notepad and make changes, Notepad will automatically append .txt to
it, and you will have to rename it hosts without the suffix.

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On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:22:02 +0000, Mike.....
<mikebclothing (AT) freedomnames (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Following up to Adrienne Boswell <arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

2. Run a malware check (also in safe mode) - I like Spybot Search and
Destroy [www.safer-networking.org/]

I ran that one and although it detected stuff theres no change with
the problem, I will try some of the other things. Ive tried Opera a
few times now and it seems unaffected.

Hmmm. Tried running Hijackthis?

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Following up to Big Bill <bill (AT) kruse (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

I ran that one and although it detected stuff theres no change with
the problem, I will try some of the other things. Ive tried Opera a
few times now and it seems unaffected.

Hmmm. Tried running Hijackthis?

thats next, got to put up kitchen cabinrts today :-(
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Following up to Adrienne Boswell <arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Did you look at your hosts file? It's probably in Windows->System32-
Drivers->Etc and it can be opened with a plain text editor. If you open it
with Notepad and make changes, Notepad will automatically append .txt to
it, and you will have to rename it hosts without the suffix.

OK.I have a file called hosts, you want me to rename it to a .txt
file, I assume to disable it? (It has two entries in it).
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Following up to Mike..... <mikebclothing (AT) freedomnames (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Did you look at your hosts file? It's probably in Windows->System32-
Drivers->Etc and it can be opened with a plain text editor. If you open it
with Notepad and make changes, Notepad will automatically append .txt to
it, and you will have to rename it hosts without the suffix.

OK.I have a file called hosts, you want me to rename it to a .txt
file, I assume to disable it? (It has two entries in it).

sorry, misunderstood, what do you want me to change in the hosts file?

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host
name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
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Following up to Mike..... <mikebclothing (AT) freedomnames (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Did you look at your hosts file? It's probably in Windows->System32-
Drivers->Etc and it can be opened with a plain text editor. If you
open it with Notepad and make changes, Notepad will automatically
append .txt to it, and you will have to rename it hosts without the
suffix.

OK.I have a file called hosts, you want me to rename it to a .txt
file, I assume to disable it? (It has two entries in it).

sorry, misunderstood, what do you want me to change in the hosts file?

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host
name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

Good, your hosts file is okay. I would still get a hosts manager, as I
mentioned above, not only to help prevent hijacking, but it's also nice
not to have to look at adverts.

You said you ran a malware check. Did you run it in safe mode? What's
in your startup?

Also check your tast manager. Internet Explorer should be IEXPLORE. If
it's IEXPLORER then there is nasty malware.

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Following up to Adrienne Boswell <arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Good, your hosts file is okay.

thanks

I would still get a hosts manager, as I
mentioned above, not only to help prevent hijacking, but it's also nice
not to have to look at adverts.

OK

You said you ran a malware check. Did you run it in safe mode? What's
in your startup?

Also check your tast manager. Internet Explorer should be IEXPLORE. If
it's IEXPLORER then there is nasty malware.

I'll check all this once the cupboards are up, thanks!
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