[PVRCNC] Google Hi-Jack Virus/Malware

[Howard Hoyt]

Definitely need to confirm that it is not a simple hijack of your HOSTS
file.
U really, really do not want to find this:

87.125.87.99 www.google.com
or
87.125.87.99 search.yahoo.com

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Howard Hoyt <n4af at pvrc.org> wrote:

> you might want to start here:
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-TCP-IP-settings
>
> to confirm nothing basic in ur tcp/ip settings was modified...
> specifically, that dns server adr is kosher.
>
> 73, howie
>
> 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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