Hi I am having a problem. Only when I use google. When I do a search eveything seems fine but when I click on a search result I get directed to the following strange URL http://85.255.114.120/click.php?PHPSESSID=08C749BBE13247E6B23A7B2160A86716&qq=Kiss&id=1&qnaes={08C749BB-E132-47E6-B23A-7B2160A86716}&b=0&ZZ=2 It also says page cannot be found no matter what page I click on, but if i manually enter the address into the address bar it works fine. ONLY google is doing this all other search engines work fine and a few days ago I got a funny google toolbar that I deleted. Does anyone know how to fix this all the normal virus spybots etc don't seem to be ablr to fix this or find anything wrong... Thanx

i think your problems are caused by a browser hijacking program.. try running these after updation AD-aware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ Spybot-S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html run antivirus scan, and use CWShredder to find and destroy traces of CoolWebSearch ( browser hijackers).

As I posted ABOVE, at this point I have ran all the antispyware and they are coming up clean. Ran Sybot, Ran Hijack THis, Ran CW Shredder and ran houscall. It seems to be a file on my computer that is somehow associated when I click on a link inserting this jargin php and IP the same address before the actual link I want to go to. Like I say it's ONLY when I use google all other search engines work fine. Could my IE files be corrupt?

try this http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1579&page=6

Yes my host file is totally empty could this be the problem? Could I just cut and paste a healthy one from someone elses computer? Should have SOMETHING in there shouldn't it?

Bubbasweet, Below, between the lines is the contents of the default Windows XP hosts file )no extension) located in the C:\ Windows\System32\Drivers\etc folder ________________________________________ # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost ________________________________________ Tufenuf

THANX I didn't realise XP had a system restore so I just did that and it worked perfectly. I would have used above but it seems to be working out fine. Man unreal how badthat one was. I imagine they will have a virus soon that prevents the restore. It will be a sad day when that happens. THanx for your help appreciate it.