Dandy 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2004 A couple of weeks ago, when I went to google.com, I got a page that said "If you are getting this page, your host files have been hacked." It went on to say follow these steps and download the following patches, etc. I know nothing about that sort of thing, and wasn't sure if it was a hoax or not. Now, every time my computer is restarted, my homepage is reset to something like http://www.windowws.cc or something. It is a search page with several logos with a dog with a magnifying glass on one eye or something like that. I'm trying to do this by memory. Also, I tried to go back to google.com to see what I needed to do, but that page will not come up. I can go directly to other pages of google, but not the main page. I deleted all my cookies, temp files, history, and downloaded the newest version of Explorer. I have no idea how to get things back to normal. I also ran everything I could from Norton, and it didn't fix it. Anyone have an idea? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Razor Roman Report post Posted January 12, 2004 Read the "Things you need" message and get Hijack This. Run it, and let is fix stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2004 If Spybot/Adaware doesn't fix it then do a search on your computer for the HOSTS file and delete it and reboot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dandy 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2004 Okay, now here's my problem....... I downloaded AdAware to get rid of the problem. After I ran it, I could no longer get on Internet Explorer. I am on a friend's computer now, looking for help info. I restored everything that AdAware deleted, but IE is still not opening. Any suggestions to fix that? It's hard to go to any sites to download programs to fix it when I can't go to any sites from my computer in the first place. Thanks for any help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2004 Option 1 - If you are running Win 98/ME/2000 you should be able to go to Add/Remove programs and then click on Internet Explorer (not the updates that start with Q) and hit Remove or Change/Remove and it will give you the option to Repair IE. If not then see option 2. Option 2 - Download an alternate browser (Mozilla is a good choice and go to Microsoft.com and download and reinstall IE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
