I am currently running IE 6. When i visit certain sites, the images that are ads don't usually show up. I looked into this and found that it has somethign to do with the hosts files. NOw the question is, when i browse to a site listed on my HOSTs file the browser redirects me to this site with "sorry this page can not be found". Is there a way to change were IE is being redirected to. For instance I see in the status bar that it first goes to MSN and then is redirected before MSN can load. Doesn any one have this problem?
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Changes to the HOSTS file certainly has an effect, but I would view the changed HOSTS file as a clear symptom of some sort of malware on your machine.
Download and run in this order:
cwshredder *
SpyBot 1.2 *
AdAware *
* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step.
If you still have the problem, download and run Hijack This! and post the log here.
Download and run in this order:
cwshredder *
SpyBot 1.2 *
AdAware *
* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step.
If you still have the problem, download and run Hijack This! and post the log here.
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