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RE: [OT] IE6 redirecting....


  • Subject: RE: [OT] IE6 redirecting....
  • From: "Jim Andrews" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:26:27 -0000

Suggest checking your hosts file, as it might have a rogue entry.

Some viruses muck around with it to block access to specific sites and it's
possible something is having a laugh by sending screwfix to machinemart!

It will be under \windows or \winnt depending on your windows version, just
search for a file called "hosts" (no extension).

On a home system, the only line that would normally be in there (apart from
the
header comments starting #) is:

127.0.0.1       localhost




Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
White, Peter
Sent: 12 February 2006 23:14
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] IE6 redirecting....


When I try to get to www.screwfix.com <http://www.screwfix.com> , IE6
redirects to www.machinemart.co.uk <http://www.machinemart.co.uk> ,
apparently via (according to the status bar) www.dgm2.com
<http://www.dgm2.com> .  I've run Spybot
S&D, checked for any rogue add-ins,
but nothing.  Every other page is responding as it should, it just seems to
be Screwfix that's affected.  Other PC's in the house are fine.  Nothing
has
been loaded recently installed.

Any ideas?  It's really annoying.


Pete



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