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To: DigitalVideoDude
Your hosts file (local DNS) is compromised. Google it from another PC.

Google what?

7 posted on 07/09/2011 9:10:49 PM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: raybbr

Sorry. Google “host file hijack fix” or “host file redirect fix”.


10 posted on 07/09/2011 9:14:59 PM PDT by DigitalVideoDude (It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: raybbr

There is a file with no extension at

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts

that can be opened and edited using Notepad. It can contain hardcoded paths based on domain names and partial url addesses, and instead direct anything to a specific IP address rather than looking up the IP address at a public DNS server.

I don’t know if DigitalVideo is right that this is your problem, but it won’t hurt to open the file and delete any lines from the bottom that do not begin with a # symbol.


13 posted on 07/09/2011 9:20:27 PM PDT by Kellis91789 (There's a reason the mascot of the Democratic Party is a jackass.)
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