Re: New comp. Got infected before SP2 installed.

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:24:43 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>There are worms/viruses that edit the Windows XP Hosts
file, adding entries that make it
>impossible to connect to web sites for various antivirus
program makers and antivirus
>update sites, and various other web sites. Editing the
Hosts file, to get rid of those
>entries, so you can get to the Norton updates, might be
the thing to do. If the above is
>the problem, then after editing the Host file, reboot
(with a firewall enabled) and you
>should be able to update your Norton, then scan your
drive for viruses after the update.
>
>How to edit the Hosts file:
>
> Windows XP
> 1.. Click Start, and then click Search.
> 2.. Click All files and folders.
> 3.. In the "All or part of the file name" box, type:
>
> hosts
>
>
> 4.. Verify that "Look in" is set to "Local Hard Drives"
or to (C:).
> 5.. Click "More advanced options."
> 6.. Check "Search system folders."
> 7.. Check "Search subfolders."
> 8.. Click Search.
> 9.. Click Find Now or Search Now.
> 10.. For each Hosts file that you find, right-click the
file, and then click "Open
>With."
> 11.. Deselect the "Always use this program to open this
program" check box.
> 12.. Scroll through the list of programs and double-
click Notepad.
> 13.. When the file opens, delete all the entries in the
Hosts file except for the
>following line:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>
>
> 14.. Close Notepad and save your changes when prompted.
>T.C.
>t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com
>Remove [NoSpam] to reply

Hi,

Thanks for your quick response! I asked a few of my
friends about the web browser not working properly, and
one of them suggested HOSTS as having redirects in it. Ill
check that tomorrow :)

Many thanks again for your suggestion and help!

Relevant Pages

  • Re: A problem with "hosts" file: hostnames with dots are not being resolved
    ... When I include the following two entries into my "hosts" file ... but the second hostname isn't. ... Instead of the website you're using, I suggest to use OEx (Outlook Express ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.dns)
  • Re: hosts files and google pretender
    ... If those tools don't restore the hosts ... delete all entries except the localhost 127.0.0.1 entry. ... "Joe" wrote in ... > me from reaching google and to go into the hosts files ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: hosts files and google pretender
    ... If those tools don't restore the hosts ... delete all entries except the localhost 127.0.0.1 entry. ... "Joe" wrote in ... > me from reaching google and to go into the hosts files ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: from= option of authorized keys
    ... |> Yes, you can use multiple ip-addresses, I use this in my authorized_keys file ... What if there are 2 entries, and the client first tries a key that has a from= ... the same thing as the same key having multiple hosts in the from ... For authentication to happen, both the from field and key has to ...
    (comp.security.ssh)
  • Re: "Domain does not exist Or could not be contacted"?
    ... As for HOSTS and LMHOSTS, these files contain only default entries: ... Are there any LMHOSTS or HOSTS file entries or changes from ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)