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**Panama Red** · 12-28-2009, 09:19 PM

I've recently run into a couple of maleware symptoms that may help others overcome a couple of issues.
First is the inability to connect to the internet after you run Malwarebytes in Safe Mode w/Networking. Some of these infections have changed the Internet Connection settings. Go to Control panel>Internet Options>Connections tab>Lan settings button. You'll probably see the Auto detect is unchecked and the Use Proxy settings is instead checked at the bottom. Uncheck the Proxy and check the Auto detect. That should restore your internet access.

Today I came across another virus/maleware oriented issue after the system was cleaned. My customer was unable to access their gmail page and any search done with Google (their home page) came up with an empty page. I tried several fixes including installing Firefox and still had the same issue. I used another pc to run a google search for this issue and ran across someone else with the same issue. They had discovered their Hosts file was full of Google sites. This proved to be the same problem on the computer I was trying to fix. A quick check of the Hosts File revealed a long list of Google sites as well as Yahoo! search sites too. So, if you find a computer that has blocked access to only specific sites after you've performed a clean up, check the Hosts File. You may find your desired sites listed there. Remove them from the list, save your changes and you should be good to go.

12-28-2009, 09:19 PM	#1
Panama Red Served with Pride Staff Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: near the left coast of Michigan Posts: 14,654	Malware removal tip I've recently run into a couple of maleware symptoms that may help others overcome a couple of issues. First is the inability to connect to the internet after you run Malwarebytes in Safe Mode w/Networking. Some of these infections have changed the Internet Connection settings. Go to Control panel>Internet Options>Connections tab>Lan settings button. You'll probably see the Auto detect is unchecked and the Use Proxy settings is instead checked at the bottom. Uncheck the Proxy and check the Auto detect. That should restore your internet access. Today I came across another virus/maleware oriented issue after the system was cleaned. My customer was unable to access their gmail page and any search done with Google (their home page) came up with an empty page. I tried several fixes including installing Firefox and still had the same issue. I used another pc to run a google search for this issue and ran across someone else with the same issue. They had discovered their Hosts file was full of Google sites. This proved to be the same problem on the computer I was trying to fix. A quick check of the Hosts File revealed a long list of Google sites as well as Yahoo! search sites too. So, if you find a computer that has blocked access to only specific sites after you've performed a clean up, check the Hosts File. You may find your desired sites listed there. Remove them from the list, save your changes and you should be good to go.