Re: Internet explorer sending me where I don't want to go.
From: Andrew (pand_311_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/25/03
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:13:18 -0700
I believe it is something else which is affecting how IE
searches for a Domain Name. I have downloaded a rather
lengthy hosts file to stop pop-ups and the like--and it
keeps being overwritten.
I have found 'best.exe' in my C: drive which seems to have
something to do with it.
I have also found 'my_teens' which is an application that
was located in my C:/WINNT/SYSTEM32, naming it a system
file.
I downloaded the 'Ad-aware' as suggested by Mike, and
while it did find quite a bit of software on my PC, it did
not fix the problem at hand.
What else can I do?
What is the downfall to downloading a firewall?
Will a firewall even fix this problem since it has already
begun?
Side note--anti-virus software has also proven ineffective.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have the identical problem which has been driving me
>crazy and so was relieved to see the emails. I'm still
>having the problem though...
>
>I've run the search and have found a couple of files
>called 'hosts'. They are:
>
>C:\I386\HOSTS &
>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\etc\hosts
>
>I intially renamed the second one of the above
>to 'hosts.old.test' as it was this file which showed that
>it had recently been modified. This didn't solve the
>problem, so I did the same with the other file - still
>the same problem.
>
>Could you help? The only other possibility I can think of
>is where you say to 'shut down internet explorer (IE)'. I
>made sure that I was disconnected from the internet but
>is that what you mean or is there anything else I need to
>do.
>
>I'd be extremely grateful for any further help on this.
>
>Thanks
>Trevor
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Search your computer for a hidden file called HOSTS
>(with IE shut down).
>>Rename to HOSTS.OLD. Test.
>>
>>--
>>Hyperlinks are used to ensure answers remain current.
>>________________________________________
>>Sandi Hardmeier - Microsoft MVP since 1999
>>http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer
>>
>>"Andrew" <pand_311@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:06f601c351a9$c9197ec0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I typed in www.yahoo.com into my address bar earlier
>today
>>> and it sent me to some porno site that kept trying to
>>> force me to download something. It would only send me
>to
>>> there website I wanted if I typed in the http://
>first. I
>>> have stopped IE from sending me to where I don't want
>to
>>> go, but whenever I omit the http:// (i.e.
>www.ebay.com) I
>>> notice the following in my status bar:
>>>
>>> http://vrape.hardloved.com/top/top.php?
>>> id=0&search=www.ebay.com
>>>
>>> This sends me to Ebay, but it still records this
>address
>>> in my drop-down list on the Address toolbar. I feel
>like
>>> it's still trying to make me go where I don't want to,
>so
>>> how do I fix it so IE will simply search for
>www.ebay.com?
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
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