entropyx Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Hey guys, Did a fresh install of Windows XP about a week ago and patched it up and everything was running great until this morning when I tried to search for something on Google, I used the toolbar for my search, and I got 'Cannot find server' page. Okay, so I tried typing in google.com to the address bar, same thing. Okay, I need to find something so I head on over to Yahoo.com, same thing, whenever I hit enter to search on Yahoo, comes up with 'Cannot find server' error. Okay. I open up regedit to check around and see if anything has modified IE and the way it behaves with prompting for user input on a form or messed up my google toolbar, no luck. Tried ipconfig /flushdns and no avail. I also tried Mozilla, and same thing happened. :( This sucks, I don't know anything w/o Google, can someone help me out? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropyx Posted October 3, 2003 Author Share Posted October 3, 2003 Oh also, my ISP is Cox.net in Phoenix. I think it's a Windows issue though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booyah! Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Sounds like you have the same problem as Billthy (see Index page of this forum-"Whats going on?") and it's most likely a Trojan. Info here- http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/tro...jan.qhosts.html (As suggested byMxxCon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booyah! Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Sorry, link should be- http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/tro...jan.qhosts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropyx Posted October 3, 2003 Author Share Posted October 3, 2003 Thanks so much for the help, and thanks MxxCon :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffzilla Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Same thing happening to me. The norton trojan.qhosts tool didn't find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Check your hostsfile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffzilla Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Already did. There's nothing but a localhost entry, which I know is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Hmm. Get CWShredder here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Here's a couple ideas: 1 - from a CMD prompt ping yahoo.com. See what ip address it gives you. You should get somthing like this: C:\>ping google.com Pinging google.com [216.239.53.99] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 216.239.53.99: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms C:\> If it gives you another ip address for google, your dns might be wrong. Try browsing by ip address to see if it's a DNS issue. Some articles on QHOST gives the registry key it modifies, see if you have that key. You could also reinstall TCP/ip, even on windows XP. -gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted October 5, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted October 5, 2003 I have had this issue everytime I have tried to install the Recommended Update for Windows XP SP1 (817778) or the also called: The Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP , This update messes something up the way windows checks DNS or something. Unistalling that patch might get it all working for you, If you just installed WindowsXP as you say I doubt it you already got a trojan, but again always make sure you use an updated virus scanner and be careful where you download stuff from. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 i had this problem, the only thing that would solve it was a reformat. try changing your pc's ip address and computer name. then flush the dns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo420oo Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 If you think you have the Qhosts-1 virus, the following should get you back online:(win xp version here, other OS similar) Click the Start button Click Control Panel Click on Network and Internet Connections Click Network Connections Right click the Local Area Connection you are using and select Properties In Local Area Connection Properties, Pull the General tab forward. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Click the Properties button On Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties: Select Obtain an IP address automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically <<<< if this is not set to auto, you possibly have this virus. Now try to get on the net and update you virus definition files and scan your system... oo420oo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericnmu Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 If you think you have the Qhosts-1 virus, the following should get you back online:(win xp version here, other OS similar)Click the Start button Click Control Panel Click on Network and Internet Connections Click Network Connections Right click the Local Area Connection you are using and select Properties In Local Area Connection Properties, Pull the General tab forward. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Click the Properties button On Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties: Select Obtain an IP address automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically <<<< if this is not set to auto, you possibly have this virus. Now try to get on the net and update you virus definition files and scan your system... oo420oo what he said works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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