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Re: Re: [OT] Explorer HELP



> > The demon spawn has been surfing again (not me guv honest).
> > I now have a porn index page stuck on Inernet Explorer which I
cannot
get rid of by
> changing the settings back to use blank, also when I type in a URL it
goes
to a
> ww.heretofind search page and wont let me go where I want.
> >
> > Any advice greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Alancc
>
> Check your HOSTS file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc.
>
> Open it in Notepad. As you probably have some ip addresses mapped to
the
porn
> site. IE always checks the hosts file b4 going out to the DNS server
to
find a website.
>
> The only listing in hosts file should be:
> 127.0.0.1 locallost
>
> If there are references to websites you didnt put there, wipe em out
and
resave.
> Before saving . . . keep a renamed copy of hosts file just in case!!
>
>
> HTH,
> Ben
> ------------------------------
>
The only file is the one above, any other ideas?

Alancc





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