Good point. It might still be pointed at ClearCloud.
:) (Sorry, couldn't resist.) On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Alex Eckelberry <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you check the PC’s DNS settings? > > > > Alex Eckelberry > > www.eckelberry.com > > c 727 644 8830 > > Skype: alexeckelberry > > > > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:56 PM > > > > Some [possibly] easy no-touch cleanup: > > > > Reset Hosts File: MicrosoftFixit50267.msi > > Reset Internet Explorer Settings: MicrosoftFixit50195.msi > > Reset TCP/IP: MicrosoftFixit50199.msi > > Reset Winsock: MicrosoftFixit50203.msi > > > > Run them quietly ala: > > > > msiexec /i <msi file> /quiet /passive /norestart > > > > Restart afterward. > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of our VPs brought in his company-supplied home PC (Dell Optiplex WinXP > Pro SP3). Said it was slow and something had changed his home page and he > couldn't change it back. He also said he couldn't access Google. > > His home page had been taken over by My Web Search. I checked the Vipre > quarantine and parts of My Web Search had been removed so I could uninstall > it. I ran a Vipre deep scan and installed the latest version of Malwarebytes > and ran its deep scan as well. It detected a number of registry My Web > Search entries. > > Everything seemed to be running smoothly and much quicker after the scanning > and deleting. My Web Search was gone but the Google problem persists. Using > either Firefox or IE, you can access any website with out problem accept > Google.com. At the command prompt, you can ping or tracert any website and > it will resolve the name to it's IP address, accept Google.com. Google.com > just times out with the error that the host name could not be found. I've > checked there is no lmhost file. I've also ran ipconfig > > The PC is attached to our work network and through DHCP has picked up our > standard DNS server to use. Everyone else can get to Google.com. > > What else could be interfering on just the Google.com name? > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Dir of I.T. > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: PC that can't Google > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
