[PVRCNC] Google Hi-Jack Virus/Malware

[Howard Hoyt]

Hi Bruce -

Sounds like your DNS has been changed.
have you already tried dns flush, clear, reset ?

Personally, I long ago switched from ISP DNS to opendns (opendns.com)

73, Howie N4AF

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Bruce Meier <bemeier at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday I noticed that one of our PCs (mine) could no longer get to
> Google when using www.google.com.   After some troubleshooting I found out
> that I could get there quite well when using Google's IP address
> 74.125.131.105.    So, using BING  (my new Google replacement) .. I looked
> for information about Google Hi-Jack issues.  Yes - there it was.
>
>
>
> Fortunately, my issue is not nearly as involved as what I read (no
> redirects, no pop-ups, etc) - just a failed URL that seems to be trying to
> take me to 87.125.87.99.
>
>
>
> I followed the various suggested 'how to clean it' steps but without
> success.
>
>
>
> QUESTION:  Has anyone had this issue and had any success cleaning  without
> doing a total rebuild?   I REALLY don't want to do a rebuild... again.
>
>
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Bruce
>
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