Re: 32.welchia and symantec problems

From: Greg Kujawa (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 06:31:04 -0700

The problem navigating you are experiencing is due to the fact that the worm redirected Internet site addresses to your local IP. If you look in your local HOSTS file you will see things like www.symantec.com 127.0.0.1. This means that any attempts to get to sites like this will just point back to your box and therefore fail.

Look under c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\ for the HOSTS file. Delete all of these bogus entries and you'll be fine. This is a lot quicker and easier than wiping out the OS and reinstalling from scratch!

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