Oops, sorry. I didn't see that you had it resolved. If anyone else has this problem, there is a relatively new type of trojan which changes your DNS settings and thus, you will be taken to a fake website.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/new_dnschanger_hijacks/ Be careful, especially when entering passwords! On Dec 31 2008, 5:17 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 31, 9:53 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've heard good things about AVG. I need to get that! > > Problem solved. > I came to the conclusion last night that it had to be malware. > I ran a full system scan and it was detected and quarantined. > > As an aside: > I use AVG 8.0. > No noticeable other effects or slowing down was noticed while > infected. > As these things go; it really wasn't all that bad, just annoying and > stealthy. > It probably could have been prevented through more aggressive Windows > security settings and/or, in my case, AVG settings. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
