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wappydoodle
Newbie
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Registered: ‎11-10-2011

Search Engine Problems

Not sure if I have posted in the right section or not (1st post on forum)
plusdsl customer, sudeenly my system cant access google (web, images, vieoes etc) but can access google maps, thought the problem was Moszilla, so tried IE, cherome and opera, problem still exiests.
Then tried Yahoo and Altavista browsers and they dont appear.
Tried a laptop using same router all is ok, prolem seems to be fine.

Any idea's as to the problem.  T.I.A.
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Oldjim
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Re: Search Engine Problems

Which operating system are you using.
If you open a command window and type in
tracert www.google.co.uk
you should get something like this
C:\Users\Jim>tracert www.google.co.uk
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [209.85.229.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
 2    40 ms    38 ms    39 ms  lo0-central3.ptn-ag01.plus.net [195.166.128.204]
 3    39 ms    37 ms    36 ms  gi2-18-131.ptn-gw01.plus.net [84.92.3.153]
 4    37 ms    37 ms    37 ms  72.14.223.32
 5    38 ms    37 ms   115 ms  66.249.94.76
 6    39 ms    37 ms    38 ms  209.85.253.196
 7    44 ms    44 ms    44 ms  66.249.95.173
 8    44 ms    43 ms    44 ms  209.85.251.231
 9     *       44 ms    52 ms  209.85.243.81
10    44 ms    43 ms    47 ms  209.85.229.103
Trace complete.
wappydoodle
Newbie
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Registered: ‎11-10-2011

Re: Search Engine Problems

XPPRo
tried with firefox/chrome/IE and opera
Results pasted below, but still no access to browsers today.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>tracert www.google.co.uk
Tracing route to www.google.co.uk [64.125.87.147]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1    *        *        *    Request timed out.
  2    25 ms    28 ms    28 ms  lo0-central3.pcl-ag02.plus.net [195.166.128.237]
  3    25 ms    25 ms    24 ms  gi1-23-231.pcl-gw01.plus.net [84.92.6.48]
  4    25 ms    25 ms    25 ms  po4.pcl-gw02.plus.net [212.159.1.129]
  5    25 ms    25 ms    25 ms  po5.thn-gw02.plus.net [212.159.1.133]
  6    35 ms    25 ms    25 ms  1-2.r1.lo.hwng.net [195.66.224.227]
  7  101 ms    99 ms  100 ms  4-1.r1.ny.hwng.net [69.16.190.209]
  8    98 ms  111 ms    99 ms  209.197.17.198
  9  106 ms  106 ms  106 ms  edge.hnlv.net [69.10.52.74]
10  105 ms  105 ms  109 ms  64.125.87.147.available.above.net [64.125.87.147
]
Trace complete.
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>
Oldjim
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Re: Search Engine Problems

You appear to have a DNS redirect problem as that address times out.
There are a number of possibilities but two to check are whether you have any malware - try doing a full scan with http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Next see what is in your hosts file http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034
Another couple of things to check
If you type
ipconfig /all
in a command window (not the space between ipconfog and /all)
what are the DNS servers shown as
Can you check what the router shows for the DNS servers
wappydoodle
Newbie
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Registered: ‎11-10-2011

Re: Search Engine Problems

Quick scan found 4 adware and 6 hijack problems, remobed them and rebooted.
Just doing the full scan as we speak.
Not sure I understand the Host reset bit.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>ipconfig all
Error: unrecongnized or incomplete command line.
USAGE:
    ipconfig [/? | /all | /renew [adapter] | /release [adapter] |
              /flushdns | /displaydns | /registerdns |
              /showclassid adapter |
              /setclassid adapter [classid] ]
where
    adapter        Connection name
                  (wildcard characters * and ? allowed, see examples)
    Options:
      /?          Display this help message
      /all        Display full configuration information.
      /release    Release the IP address for the specified adapter.
      /renew      Renew the IP address for the specified adapter.
      /flushdns    Purges the DNS Resolver cache.
      /registerdns Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names
      /displaydns  Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.
      /showclassid Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter.
      /setclassid  Modifies the dhcp class id.
The default is to display only the IP address, subnet mask and
default gateway for each adapter bound to TCP/IP.
For Release and Renew, if no adapter name is specified, then the IP address
leases for all adapters bound to TCP/IP will be released or renewed.
For Setclassid, if no ClassId is specified, then the ClassId is removed.
Examples:
    > ipconfig                  ... Show information.
    > ipconfig /all              ... Show detailed information
    > ipconfig /renew            ... renew all adapters
    > ipconfig /renew EL*        ... renew any connection that has its
                                    name starting with EL
    > ipconfig /release *Con*    ... release all matching connections,
                                    eg. "Local Area Connection 1" or
                                        "Local Area Connection 2"
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :********  (Blanked by me)
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-54-07-8C-B7
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI
Gigabit Ethernet Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-54-07-94-F9
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 11 October 2011 22:03:59
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 11 October 2011 23:03:59
C:\Documents and Settings\>
Kelly
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Re: Search Engine Problems

Quote from: wappydoodle
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>ipconfig all
Error: unrecongnized or incomplete command line.

You missed the / 
ipconfig /all
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jelv
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Re: Search Engine Problems

Try setting the PN DNS servers on your PC (currently it is using your router).
Instructions: http://www.plus.net/support/software/dns/changing_dns_xp.shtml
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler)
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Oldjim
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Re: Search Engine Problems

Has the problem been fixed and which anti virus program do you use
Oldjim
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Re: Search Engine Problems

Moved to Windows board which is the correct place for it
ReedRichards
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Re: Search Engine Problems

DNS changing malware is frequently very well concealed so difficult to get rid of.  TDSSKiller http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 might be worth a try.