Browsing Problems

yardedar · 04-12-2005, 05:53 PM

I've been painstakingly dealing with viruses and trojans the last two days, and I've finally removed them all. My hijackthis log is clean and virus scans and all other scans also appear clean. However, since all of this, my browsers, IE and AOL have not been displaying pages properly. Many pages are not aligned properly, and advanced pictures and videos are not loading. Far less problems with Firefox, most things there are displaying properly, but not all of them. Also, all the elements of my aol mail are not displaying properly. When I open the email, I can not see who is sending me the email, and to who else the mail was sent. I'm afraid I may have deleted something I shouldn't have in the registry, or something like that.
I opened my c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc HOSTS file, and here is what it said...

127.0.0.1 localhost
64.91.255.87 www.dcsresearch.com

I'm not sure what the second line is.
Thanks.

**johnwill** · 04-13-2005, 08:44 AM

You appear to have spyware/malware. I'd remove that line from HOSTS and reboot, see if it reappears.

I'd also post another HijackThis log, because something is going on...

**jgvernonco** · 04-18-2005, 07:54 AM

Greetings,

That host file is legit, belonging to TDS-3 trojan remover. You can get rid of it unless you are keeping TDS-3.

You say that your logs were all clean. Did you have them analyzed by our security folks?

Let me know about log analysis, etc, then we can move from there. If you really are clean, then the bugs may have corrupted the progs, and you may need to reinstall them.

04-12-2005, 05:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
yardedar Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10 OS: XP	Browsing Problems I've been painstakingly dealing with viruses and trojans the last two days, and I've finally removed them all. My hijackthis log is clean and virus scans and all other scans also appear clean. However, since all of this, my browsers, IE and AOL have not been displaying pages properly. Many pages are not aligned properly, and advanced pictures and videos are not loading. Far less problems with Firefox, most things there are displaying properly, but not all of them. Also, all the elements of my aol mail are not displaying properly. When I open the email, I can not see who is sending me the email, and to who else the mail was sent. I'm afraid I may have deleted something I shouldn't have in the registry, or something like that. I opened my c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc HOSTS file, and here is what it said... 127.0.0.1 localhost 64.91.255.87 www.dcsresearch.com I'm not sure what the second line is. Thanks.

04-13-2005, 08:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,623 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	You appear to have spyware/malware. I'd remove that line from HOSTS and reboot, see if it reappears. I'd also post another HijackThis log, because something is going on... __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

04-18-2005, 07:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
jgvernonco Old Timer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 7,958 OS: Vista Home Premium, SP 27	Greetings, That host file is legit, belonging to TDS-3 trojan remover. You can get rid of it unless you are keeping TDS-3. You say that your logs were all clean. Did you have them analyzed by our security folks? Let me know about log analysis, etc, then we can move from there. If you really are clean, then the bugs may have corrupted the progs, and you may need to reinstall them. __________________ Donations keep TSF moving forward. Please help. http://www.myspace.com/speedbumpthecelt