Re: Windows Update redirects to msn

As posted in another reply to one of your posts, Ed, I would *strongly* encourage you to post a HijackThis log in an appropriate forum for review by an expert. MBAM on its own may not have gotten the machine entirely cleaned up!
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Ed wrote:
Thanks windowsuser! That saved me from formatting and restoring which would
have taken forever being I run a dual boot!
I got this virus from downloading free winrar from download.com.
It was the "completetala....heheheh" virus. Ypurself and malewarebytes
helped me to rid of this.
Bless you!
Ed

"WindowsUser1957" wrote:

I had the same problem. After spending a couple of hours with microsoft
support scanning, creating a new user (that had IE6) the solution was to go
to:
Control Panel/
Nework connections/
Locan Area Connection/
Properties/
select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)/
Properties/
Select "Obtain DNS server address automatically" (I had "Use the following
DNS server addressess checked with server addressess entered)
That fixed the problem. Support told me that the setting was set/changed by
my ISP but i'm not sure if that is true. It may have been some adware that
changed it. In a scan I found an Adware. file in my registry and deleted
it. There were so many things we tried before finally changing the DNS
server setting that I am not sure if changing the DNS setting was the only
thing that corrected the problem but that is where I would start. We had
uninstalled IE7 (couldn't uninstall through Add/Remove software however)
and created a new administrative user that defaulted to IE6. I have since
reinstalled IE7 and everything is working fine


"Sub Zero" wrote:

Hi ,
I am getting the same problem,
have you got the solution for this problem ,
If u got the solution plz reply to me


"Ana" wrote:

Hi,

I have a problem with Windows Updates. I get automatically redirected to
msn.com. I also cannot download pretty much anything else from microsoft.
I found some sites saying it could be a virus called Vundo but I don't
have any popups or registry key entries typically associated with that
virus. I ran AVG, Symantec, trendMicro and Microsoft's own online scan.
None of them picked up any viruses or spyware.
Someone else suggested that it may be a problem with one of the windows
updates I installed previously (they weren't specific on which one
though). I currently have Service Pack 3.

Any suggestions. Thanks.

.

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