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Old July 31st 11, 03:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Lee
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Default System Restore says computer has not been changed

I am being blocked from proceeding from Google. But after 2 or 3 tries
it works. Could that problem possibly come from the hosts file?


JD wrote in
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Tim Meddick wrote:
"Lee" had asked you, in an earlier post ;

"All searches, or just a specific one? What are you searching for?"


I would like to also ask ; What is this "Ad page" that you are
referring to?

You could be a little more specific; include the URL (web address) of
this "Ad page" for instance.

What should have come up instead of this "Ad page".


With so little information, it's difficult to speculate on the cause,
but it may be that your 'Hosts' file has been modified by the same
virus that has caused, at least, some of the other problems you have
been experiencing.

To check this theory out, locate the file :

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

...and open it in a simple text editor such as [edit.com] or Notepad.
Delete everything in this file except for the following line that
should be at the very beginning ;

127.0.0.1 localhost

...then save and close. There should be only this one line in your
Hosts file, unless you have either SpyWareBlaster or SpyBotSD
installed on your system.

Certain entries in the hosts file can have the unwanted effect of
re-directing any possible web address to one other than expected - it
is just one of the ways a virus may attack your computer.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)



Some of us use the HOSTS file from he

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm


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