Unable to use any search engines?

[Gio]

Okay, did some research, and I think it has to do with the
QHosts trojan horse that's been circulating this past week
or so. I found good info on it here:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100719.htm

Apparently, it creates a file that redirects all those
sites, but I'm not sure where.

>-----Original Message-----
>I've been having the same problem since last night,
Search
>Companion isn't working either. I checked all my
settings
>and even tried to decipher my running processes in Task
>Manager, but everything _looks_ like it should be
working,
>which, of course, it isn't.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hey!
>>
>>For some reason any search engines, such as Google,
>>Yahoo, Altavista, even the Search box on MSN, everytime
I
>>use them, or try to, it just sits there and times out
>>saying page cannot be displayed/found.
>>
>>All other sites are working, and every other computer on
>>the network can access and use the search engines... i'm
>>baffled as to why I can't.
>>
>>No firewall, all network settings are correct and have
>>been reset multiple times.
>>
>>Any Ideas??
>>.
>>
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