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May 4th, 2013, 08:38 AM
#1
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IE 8 Weird
Background, Windows XP SP3, IE 8.0, all checks for virus, malware, spyware & etc. Clients PC is on a peer to peer network, no domain and no server. You can type in any address in the address bar with only 2 exceptions. If you try to type in google.com or bing.com it comes up with the error: http 403 forbidden. If you are in MSN or Yahoo and type in their search bar same results.
I have checked content advisor, security settings, reset, and restore advance settings and made sure all user settings were deleted to default. Still the same. Is this one of those wipe out and star over problems?
It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!
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May 4th, 2013, 09:07 AM
#2
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Peer to Peer like they share there files? Whew If that is the case they could have a real booger and gave it to your customer. Sometimes I found the best for me Write zeros to the drive and reload
Last thing I remember, running for the door,
I had to find the passage back to the place
I was before.
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May 4th, 2013, 10:02 AM
#3
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See if it can get to google.com through http://proxy.ghul.net.
Last edited by SpywareDr; May 4th, 2013 at 10:04 AM.
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May 4th, 2013, 10:36 AM
#4
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Originally Posted by xpuser357
Peer to Peer like they share there files? Whew If that is the case they could have a real booger and gave it to your customer. Sometimes I found the best for me Write zeros to the drive and reload
No shared files. PC is in doctors office and all of them have their widows firewall enabled, antivirus programs, and they only access an EHR program on the web. They will do searches through Google to find a specific doctor or health facility.
It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!
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May 4th, 2013, 11:33 AM
#5
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Have you looked at the adapter settings to verify that DNS doesn't point to some rogue server? If you open a command prompt, can you ping either google.com or 173.194.46.21? My guess would be that the machine at some point has been infected with a DNSChanger variant, or one of those bogus search engines that will also redirect your DNS settings. Removal of the malware won't reset DNS settings for the adapter.
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May 6th, 2013, 07:56 AM
#6
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Originally Posted by slgrieb
Have you looked at the adapter settings to verify that DNS doesn't point to some rogue server? If you open a command prompt, can you ping either google.com or 173.194.46.21? My guess would be that the machine at some point has been infected with a DNSChanger variant, or one of those bogus search engines that will also redirect your DNS settings. Removal of the malware won't reset DNS settings for the adapter.
Sorry took the day off. I can ping google and get reply. Had already checked settings as the pc is static IP. DNS 1 is gateway and DNS 2 is 4.2.2.2. Really weird.
It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!
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May 6th, 2013, 09:30 AM
#7
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Originally Posted by Zonie
Sorry took the day off. I can ping google and get reply. Had already checked settings as the pc is static IP. DNS 1 is gateway and DNS 2 is 4.2.2.2. Really weird.
I would expect that fixing those settings will solve the issue. All the same, if you haven't already run ComboFix on the machine, I'd do it. It never ceases to amaze me that it will detect and remove so much junk that no other software can find. I did a machine this weekend that both their Norton 360 and MBAM reported as clean, but ComboFix ran for over an hour, and generated a 4 page report of stuff it removed.
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May 7th, 2013, 08:26 AM
#8
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Know what you are saying, however those settings were already set. Had already run the combofix and the Emsisoft Emergency Kit in deep scan as well.
It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!
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May 7th, 2013, 08:45 AM
#9
Super Moderator
Can it get to google or bing via proxy.ghul.net?
Have you run MBAR (Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit) on it yet?
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May 7th, 2013, 12:27 PM
#10
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Sounds to me like the hosts file is corrupt/damaged. Have you tried repairing it or editing it?
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May 8th, 2013, 08:15 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by Niclo Iste
Sounds to me like the hosts file is corrupt/damaged. Have you tried repairing it or editing it?
Had not thought about the host file. I will see if can get remote access today and check that. The office is about 30 miles away and sometimes hard for me to get out here.
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May 8th, 2013, 11:30 AM
#12
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Originally Posted by Zonie
Know what you are saying, however those settings were already set. Had already run the combofix and the Emsisoft Emergency Kit in deep scan as well.
The DNS setup still looks screwy. The gateway certainly isn't going to function as a DNS server, and the 4.2.2.2 address points to Level 3 Communications in Boulder Colorado, which seems like a bit of a stretch for your ISP.
Last edited by slgrieb; May 8th, 2013 at 11:40 AM.
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May 8th, 2013, 11:44 AM
#13
Registered User
Well at this point, everything is mute. I installed Firefox and got the same error, 403 Forbidden. So now I am going to wipe this and reinstall. I bet it will work then.
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May 8th, 2013, 03:15 PM
#14
Registered User
Yeah, I bet this will work At some point, we all have to cut our losses and get back to basics.
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May 16th, 2013, 10:16 PM
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