From: "Thees Peereboom" 

Geo,

Yes, I thought so, too.

- Thees Peereboom

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:26:04 -0500, Geo  wrote:

> That's a virus that does the hosts mod.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
> news:opsnfvizh32hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
>> Funnt that you mention that - I just anti-virused my daughters computer
>> (she was on an old version of McAfee) and it refused to let me download
>> updates - all kinds of strange errors. Than I found out that someone
>> (...)
>> had edited her HOSTS file and all possible antivirus-updatesites were
>> pointed towards google...
>>
>> - Thees Peereboom (27 infected files sofar)
>>
>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:04:43 GMT, John Beckett
>>  wrote:
>>
>> > "Geo."  wrote in message
>> news::
>> >> solution to the problem
>> http://www.nthelp.com/50/drag_n_drop_broken.htm
>> >
>> > Interesting. So Internet Explorer zones are now an inseparable part of
>> > the
>> > operating system!
>> >
>> >> Edit your HOSTS and LMHOSTS files ...
>> >
>> > Windows 2000 and later don't need an LMHOSTS entry.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>>
>
>

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