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Browser Problem

  • 23-12-2009 8:39pm
    #1
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭


    Here goes!

    For some reason my browser will not allow me to go to google or any oterh search engine only yahoo by the looks of things?

    Even when i use yahoo when i search i get a "page not available"

    I presume this is something to do with a programme or conflict or something ... but i cant seem to find it,

    I have uninstalled everything i can think off but still the same.

    Does any one have any idea??

    regards


Comments

  • #2
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    Im using explorer, but i just tried firefox, and thats the same too?


  • #3
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    what computer security are you using ? norton/mc afee/ kaspersky/ ? probably a security setting thats stopping you getting onto these other sites.


  • #4
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Clean Your hosts file and run MalwareBytes, could be Your pc is infected


  • #5
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    also you should do a spyware scan with malwarebytes to rule out browser hijackers and such. http://www.malwarebytes.org/

    pogmothoin you bet me to it.


  • #6
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    I have avg?? updating it now and going to run a scan, ill try running the above now too.
    I checked there is nothing blocking access that i can see.


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  • #7
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Forget Avg, it wont check the hostsfile, use malwarebytes, it specifically looks for this type of malware


  • #8
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    4 infected files so far! with malwarebytes


  • #9
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    arsebandit wrote: »
    I have avg?? updating it now and going to run a scan, ill try running the above now too.
    I checked there is nothing blocking access that i can see.

    if you find nothing with malwarebytes download adaware free and scan with that. adaware is very good at finding browser hijackers and spyware and the rest. takes time to scan but your better off doing so just to make sure your sys is reasonably clean.


  • #10
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    You still also need to clean the hosts file (at least have a look and see if its clean), a hosts file redirect sounds exactly like what You describe


  • #11
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    Memory Processes Infected: 1
    Memory Modules Infected: 2
    Registry Keys Infected: 1
    Registry Values Infected: 0
    Registry Data Items Infected: 0
    Folders Infected: 1
    Files Infected: 9

    How do i clean the hosts files?


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  • #12
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    arsebandit wrote: »
    Memory Processes Infected: 1
    Memory Modules Infected: 2
    Registry Keys Infected: 1
    Registry Values Infected: 0
    Registry Data Items Infected: 0
    Folders Infected: 1
    Files Infected: 9

    How do i clean the hosts files?

    http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/threat-removal-procedure/clean-windows-hosts-file/


  • #13
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    arsebandit wrote: »

    How do i clean the hosts files?

    What OS?


  • #14
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    xp corporate explorer 7 i think?


  • #15
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Open My Computer, browse the c drive to Windows\System32\drivers\etc right click and open the hosts file with notepad, paste it here


  • #16
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    I went to http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools...ws-hosts-file/ went to the hosts and found all this mad crap???

    127.0.0.1 go.mail.ru
    127.0.0.1 nova.rambler.ru
    127.0.0.1 google.ad
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ad
    127.0.0.1 google.ae
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ae
    127.0.0.1 google.am
    127.0.0.1 www.google.am
    127.0.0.1 google.com.ar
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.ar
    127.0.0.1 google.as
    127.0.0.1 www.google.as
    127.0.0.1 google.at
    127.0.0.1 www.google.at
    127.0.0.1 google.com.au
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.au
    127.0.0.1 google.az
    127.0.0.1 www.google.az
    127.0.0.1 google.ba
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ba
    127.0.0.1 google.be
    127.0.0.1 www.google.be
    127.0.0.1 google.bg
    127.0.0.1 www.google.bg
    127.0.0.1 google.bs
    127.0.0.1 www.google.bs
    127.0.0.1 google.com.by
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.by
    127.0.0.1 google.ca
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ca
    127.0.0.1 google.ch
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ch
    127.0.0.1 google.cn
    127.0.0.1 www.google.cn
    127.0.0.1 google.cz
    127.0.0.1 www.google.cz
    127.0.0.1 google.de
    127.0.0.1 www.google.de
    127.0.0.1 google.dk
    127.0.0.1 www.google.dk
    127.0.0.1 google.ee
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ee
    127.0.0.1 google.es
    127.0.0.1 www.google.es
    127.0.0.1 google.fi
    127.0.0.1 www.google.fi
    127.0.0.1 google.fr
    127.0.0.1 www.google.fr
    127.0.0.1 google.gr
    127.0.0.1 www.google.gr
    127.0.0.1 google.com.hk
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.hk
    127.0.0.1 google.hr
    127.0.0.1 www.google.hr
    127.0.0.1 google.hu
    127.0.0.1 www.google.hu
    127.0.0.1 google.ie
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ie
    127.0.0.1 google.co.il
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.il
    127.0.0.1 google.co.in
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.in
    127.0.0.1 google.is
    127.0.0.1 www.google.is
    127.0.0.1 google.it
    127.0.0.1 www.google.it
    127.0.0.1 google.co.jp
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.jp
    127.0.0.1 google.kg
    127.0.0.1 www.google.kg
    127.0.0.1 google.co.kr
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.kr
    127.0.0.1 google.li
    127.0.0.1 www.google.li
    127.0.0.1 google.lt
    127.0.0.1 www.google.lt
    127.0.0.1 google.lu
    127.0.0.1 www.google.lu
    127.0.0.1 google.lv
    127.0.0.1 www.google.lv
    127.0.0.1 google.md
    127.0.0.1 www.google.md
    127.0.0.1 google.com.mx
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.mx
    127.0.0.1 google.nl
    127.0.0.1 www.google.nl
    127.0.0.1 google.no
    127.0.0.1 www.google.no
    127.0.0.1 google.co.nz
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.nz
    127.0.0.1 google.com.pe
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.pe
    127.0.0.1 google.com.ph
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.ph
    127.0.0.1 google.pl
    127.0.0.1 www.google.pl
    127.0.0.1 google.pt
    127.0.0.1 www.google.pt
    127.0.0.1 google.ro
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ro
    127.0.0.1 google.ru
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ru
    127.0.0.1 google.com.ru
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.ru
    127.0.0.1 google.com.sa
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.sa
    127.0.0.1 google.se
    127.0.0.1 www.google.se
    127.0.0.1 google.com.sg
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.sg
    127.0.0.1 google.si
    127.0.0.1 www.google.si
    127.0.0.1 google.sk
    127.0.0.1 www.google.sk
    127.0.0.1 google.co.th
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.th
    127.0.0.1 google.com.tj
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.tj
    127.0.0.1 google.tm
    127.0.0.1 www.google.tm
    127.0.0.1 google.com.tr
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.tr
    127.0.0.1 google.com.tw
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.tw
    127.0.0.1 google.com.ua
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.ua
    127.0.0.1 google.co.uk
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.uk
    127.0.0.1 google.co.vi
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.vi
    127.0.0.1 google.com
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com
    127.0.0.1 google.us
    127.0.0.1 www.google.us
    127.0.0.1 google.com.pl
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com.pl
    127.0.0.1 google.co.hu
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.hu
    127.0.0.1 google.ge
    127.0.0.1 www.google.ge
    127.0.0.1 google.kz
    127.0.0.1 www.google.kz
    127.0.0.1 google.co.uz
    127.0.0.1 www.google.co.uz
    127.0.0.1 bing.com
    127.0.0.1 www.bing.com
    127.0.0.1 search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 ca.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 ar.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 cl.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 co.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 mx.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 espanol.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 qc.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 ve.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 pe.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 at.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 ct.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 dk.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 fi.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 fr.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 de.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 it.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 nl.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 no.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 ru.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 es.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 se.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 ch.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 uk.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 asia.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 au.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 one.cn.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 hk.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 in.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 id.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 search.yahoo.co.jp
    127.0.0.1 kr.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 malaysia.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 nz.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 ph.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 sg.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 tw.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 th.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 vn.search.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 images.google.com
    127.0.0.1 images.google.ca
    127.0.0.1 images.google.co.uk
    127.0.0.1 news.google.com
    127.0.0.1 news.google.ca
    127.0.0.1 news.google.co.uk
    127.0.0.1 video.google.com
    127.0.0.1 video.google.ca
    127.0.0.1 video.google.co.uk
    127.0.0.1 blogsearch.google.com
    127.0.0.1 blogsearch.google.ca
    127.0.0.1 blogsearch.google.co.uk
    127.0.0.1 searchservice.myspace.com
    127.0.0.1 ask.com
    127.0.0.1 www.ask.com
    127.0.0.1 search.aol.com
    127.0.0.1 search.netscape.com
    127.0.0.1 yandex.ru
    127.0.0.1 www.yandex.ru
    127.0.0.1 yandex.ua
    127.0.0.1 www.yandex.ua
    127.0.0.1 search.about.com
    127.0.0.1 www.verizon.net
    127.0.0.1 verizon.net


    What do i do now???


  • #17
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Now You see why Your googles not working :D Your pc won't go to google cos it thinks its already there

    Delete the lot and paste this in. save then reboot
    127.0.0.1 localhost


  • #18
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    Happy days, that worked!! Any idea what would have caused that to happen?
    Was this caused by a virus?

    Thanks a lot to everyone,


  • #19
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    arsebandit wrote: »
    Happy days, that worked!! Any idea what would have caused that to happen?
    Was this caused by a virus?

    Thanks a lot to everyone,

    it was obviously caused by these virus/malware infections you found.
    use a better security solution. kaspersky internet sucurity 2010 is the best i think. but there are better ones but you need a good understanding of their settings. avg just won't cut it these days. spybot search and destroy is a good one to block them messing with the host files and the latest free adaware is very good and they are free but kaspersky internet security is only a 30 day trial but does the job. no good really having an internet security feature without a good spyware scanner.

    your on the ball there pogmothoin.


  • #20
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Yep,
    Windows needs maintenance, run malwarebytes and ccleaner every 2-3 weeks. Avg scans for viruses but it doesn't do a great job with malware, no harm running another malware scanner from time to time.


  • #21
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    Ok here is something else maybe connected??? My Nero wont work any more either?
    It keeps asking for the admin to allow burning rights? I am the only user ie admin .. i set the rights to allow everyone to burn, but it still wouldnt work, i tried uninstalling it, and even reinstalled a older version, but the same problem, Do you think this is connected?

    Thanks for all your help guys.


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  • #22
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    I've never found Nero to be a great program. It made itself famous for allowing the latest version be uploaded to the pirate sites (by themselves), but its not a great program IMO. I can recommend CdXPBurner, basic but fully functional, easy to use and free


  • #23
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    well if you really want nero
    uninstall nero while writing down your nero serial if you have one. download ccleaner here http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
    at ccleaner install uncheck the toolbar box if you dont want it. when installed open it and on the left click registry then click scan for issues bottom left. when it's finished click fix selected issues and it will ask you do you want to backup the files click yes and save it in your documents or wherever then finish cleaning. restart the pc and try reinstalling nero. the problem could be a registry setting file or two stopping the burn rights. try it anyway cause ccleaner is a great little tool also add it during install to your recycle bin handy to have there


  • #24
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    one more thing if you still have the nero problem use this tool to remove all traces of nero don't worry it's clean... http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/Nero-Clean-Tool-Bundle.shtml


  • #25
    arsebandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭arsebandit


    A big thank you to you all, thanks for the help.
    Happy christamas to you all ,


  • #26
    Encoder1970
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭Encoder1970


    If you start using Spybot it'll lock the hosts file from changes like the ones above.


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