excathedra Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Are you trying to get to Google? Your computer is running software that doesn?t allow you to use Google. You?re seeing this page because your computer is trying to send you to a website that is pretending to be Google. Over the past few weeks, you may have seen a website that looks like Google, but launches pop-up windows and does not work like Google. That page is not affiliated with Google in any way and is intended to deceive you. Why is this happening? Most likely a program was installed on your computer automatically and without your knowledge when you downloaded an otherwise harmless piece of software. Or you may have been tricked into clicking on a disguised download button while visiting a website. What can I do about it? This problem can be fixed fairly easily, but will require that you make changes in a file that is part of your computer?s operating system. You should always be cautious when making these kinds of adjustments, as they may affect the performance of your computer. If you are not comfortable doing this yourself, you may want to print out this page and show it to someone whose technical knowledge you trust. What steps do I take? The first step is to remove the entry for Google from your hosts file. This entry is telling your computer where to send your computer instead of to Google. In Windows, open the Notepad program. You can do this by going to the Start menu in the lower left of your screen, selecting ?Programs,? then ?Accessories,? then ?Notepad.? In the Notepad menu, click on ?File,? then ?Open.? You will see a new window asking which file to open. You may need to change "Files of type" to "All Files" instead of "Text Documents". The actual file to open is listed below: If your computer is running Windows XP, Window NT, or Windows 2000, the file is located in the folder found by following this path: My Computer >Local Disk© >Windows >System32 >Drivers >etc >hosts If your computer is running Windows 98, Second Edition or Windows ME, the file is located in the folder found by following this path: My Computer >Local Disk© >Windows >hosts Once you have opened this file, remove entirely any line of text that contains ?google.com?, ?www.google.com? or other Google domains (such as ?google.co.uk?). To remove the text, highlight it by dragging your pointer across the line while holding down the mouse button. Once the text is highlighted, hit the Backspace or Delete button, then save the file by going to the File menu and clicking ?Save.? You can now exit Notepad. ** is this related to my previous problem that ya'll helped me with ? should i just follow these instructions ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted September 24, 2003 Author Share Posted September 24, 2003 notice it says quote:If you are not comfortable doing this yourself, you may want to print out this page and show it to someone whose technical knowledge you trust. did you see that my techgurus ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 no matter how many times i do the lava scan, it doesn't help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 ok i was finally meek to the google god and stepped out on my believing and it worked..... whew blind faith is great..... 'til next time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 do you think i should obey google rather than men ? eye yi yi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve! Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Reverend mother sister I.C.O. - Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 thanks steve !!!! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotout Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Hi, that is interesting. I think those instructions were pretty specific. Glad it worked. I am not sure exactly what that host file is all about but it is a windows system file. My host file only has one entry in it as follows: 127.0.0.1 localhost I am not sure what that means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotout Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Ex, one other thing you should do which might help prevent intrusions is to down load this little file and click on it to turn off the Upnp Service. See the thread on this forum called Universal Plug N Pray Here is the file: http://grc.com/files/UnPnP.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve! Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 John Igotout - 127.0.0.1 is the IP (Internet Protocol) localhost address of whatever computer you are on. If you were to run a webserver on your computer, it's URL would be http://127.0.0.1/whatever. It's a generic IP address. Pay it no heed. It's basically used by programmers that are testing JSP code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotout Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Thanks Steve. I sort of understand. But it is not my internal ip address... I am certain it is 192.168.?.??? as shown in Command Prompt, IPconfig. (Can't give out the last digits, thank you.) How do these differ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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no matter how many times i do the lava scan, it doesn't help
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ok i was finally meek to the google god and stepped out on my believing and it worked.....
whew blind faith is great.....
'til next time....
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do you think i should obey google rather than men ?
eye yi yi
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Reverend mother sister I.C.O. -
Yes!
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thanks steve !!!!
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Hi, that is interesting. I think those instructions were pretty specific. Glad it worked.
I am not sure exactly what that host file is all about but it is a windows system file.
My host file only has one entry in it as follows:
127.0.0.1 localhost
I am not sure what that means.
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Ex, one other thing you should do which might help prevent intrusions is to down load this little file and click on it to turn off the Upnp Service. See the thread on this forum called Universal Plug N Pray
Here is the file:
http://grc.com/files/UnPnP.exe
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John Igotout -
127.0.0.1 is the IP (Internet Protocol) localhost address of whatever computer you are on.
If you were to run a webserver on your computer, it's URL would be http://127.0.0.1/whatever.
It's a generic IP address. Pay it no heed. It's basically used by programmers that are testing JSP code.
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Thanks Steve. I sort of understand. But it is not my internal ip address... I am certain it is 192.168.?.??? as shown in Command Prompt, IPconfig.
(Can't give out the last digits, thank you.)
How do these differ?
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