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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
October 07 2009 02:57 GMT
#1
I clicked on the scforall link earlier today and was infected with the security tool trojan. I managed to run malware bytes in safe mode and removed everything. However despite my virus scans saying I'm not infected anymore, I can't use google, yahoo, or www.ask.com, basically all the popular search engines. I used another computer connected to the same router and it was fine. Any ideas?

*
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
October 07 2009 03:00 GMT
#2
I think someone said something about the host file?


Also, as people have mentioned, this virus does rape your host file. Unless you do some weird networking in your house, or you happen to get this virus on a work PC, I would just erase everything in the file and you should be good to go. Or, you can always just copy in the following from notepad:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost


Where is the host file? I dunno. Google it I guess.
ModeratorGood content always wins.
DeathByMonkeys
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States742 Posts
October 07 2009 03:05 GMT
#3
What happened? SCforall got attacked?
theobsessed1
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States576 Posts
October 07 2009 03:06 GMT
#4
Some cool guy helped me out in my blog:

On October 07 2009 11:15 merach wrote:
Start -> run -> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc -> enter -> double click hosts -> use notepad to open -> delete everything -> add "127.0.0.1 localhost" -> save -> post thanks

정명훈 화이팅!~
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
October 07 2009 03:11 GMT
#5
that worked, thank you very much
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
October 07 2009 03:38 GMT
#6
It's why you should just make your HOSTS file read-only to prevent some of those types of annoyingware
I don't use AIM/MSN/ etc stop asking...
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
October 07 2009 04:01 GMT
#7
On October 07 2009 12:38 Saddened Izzy wrote:
It's why you should just make your HOSTS file read-only to prevent some of those types of annoyingware

how and , does doing that affect anything else? D:
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
404.Delirium
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1190 Posts
October 07 2009 04:44 GMT
#8
Trojan, ah? Might I suggest ribbed for her pleasure?


In all seriousness merach's tip worked great. I just had to go into the icon properties (Right-click, properties) And uncheck Read-Only before I could save the new file.
seriously next disrespectful comment in this blog is ip ban. Be happy or get the hell out. // SC2 is like playing with neutral-colored Play-Doh while BW is like colorful Legos.
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11143 Posts
October 07 2009 05:31 GMT
#9
Meh, I prefer other brands.
brood war for life, brood war forever
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
October 07 2009 11:11 GMT
#10
On October 07 2009 13:01 HeavOnEarth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 07 2009 12:38 Saddened Izzy wrote:
It's why you should just make your HOSTS file read-only to prevent some of those types of annoyingware

how and , does doing that affect anything else? D:

I also want to know this
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Adeny
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Norway1233 Posts
October 07 2009 11:35 GMT
#11
Quick DNS lecture:
When you open your browser and try to connect to "www.teamliquid.net", your computer won't automagically know what that is, and it'll need an IP address to communicate, so the following things will happen:

Checks the host file for teamliquid.net's IP address.
Checks DNS cache (cmd -> ipconfig /displayDNS) for teamliquid.net's IP address.
Checks browser cache for teamliquid.net's IP address.

Didn't find it? Forward to next DNS server, out on the intertubes.

So it's basically just a redirection. It won't continue through the list of checks if it finds the IP in the hosts file. Obviously this is used to send you to malware sites instead of google.com, and whatnot. The hosts file is no longer in use, and it's just hanging around from the days before the DNS system, so that if you wanted to add your neighbour you could just type in "13.13.13.13 neighbour" to make your life easier, so that you wouldn't have to remember IP addresses to everywhere.

tl;dr: Making it read-only won't affect anything at all.
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