user01
12-10-2003, 06:26 PM
I get the following message when I log on to google.com .. is the information legit?
If you see this page your hosts file has been hacked. Please use the instruction below to clean your machine.
You cannot reach the site you where trying to reach without following this procedure! - Please follow the steps provided in this document and make sure to download all patches for your computer from the Windows Update Site which can be found here:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
1. Start regedit,
find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ,
delete starting of svchost.exe file,
reboot your computer,
delete file svchost.exe in windows directory.
2. Reboot windows and start in
SAFE MODE (F8 key on keyboard before windows starting),
delete file winlogon.exe in directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
3. Clear your 'hosts' file.
How to edit your hosts file: locate it first, either by browsing to the directory (as shown above) or by hitting "Start - Search - select all files and folders - type in 'hosts' (without the quotation marks) and hit search. When the file is found, click with your right mouse button on the file and select 'Open With...' This will bring up a list of programs to edit the file with. Select Notepad from that list and click OK. - Remove all lines from the file and type in: 127.0.0.1 localhost. Now close the file and save your changes.
For Windows 95/98/Millenium machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Windows directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
For Windows 2000 machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Winnt\System32\Drivers\Etc directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
For Windows XP machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
If you see this page your hosts file has been hacked. Please use the instruction below to clean your machine.
You cannot reach the site you where trying to reach without following this procedure! - Please follow the steps provided in this document and make sure to download all patches for your computer from the Windows Update Site which can be found here:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
1. Start regedit,
find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ,
delete starting of svchost.exe file,
reboot your computer,
delete file svchost.exe in windows directory.
2. Reboot windows and start in
SAFE MODE (F8 key on keyboard before windows starting),
delete file winlogon.exe in directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
3. Clear your 'hosts' file.
How to edit your hosts file: locate it first, either by browsing to the directory (as shown above) or by hitting "Start - Search - select all files and folders - type in 'hosts' (without the quotation marks) and hit search. When the file is found, click with your right mouse button on the file and select 'Open With...' This will bring up a list of programs to edit the file with. Select Notepad from that list and click OK. - Remove all lines from the file and type in: 127.0.0.1 localhost. Now close the file and save your changes.
For Windows 95/98/Millenium machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Windows directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
For Windows 2000 machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Winnt\System32\Drivers\Etc directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
For Windows XP machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost