Whenever I go to various websites I get redirected to an ad site, also if I try to go to 127.0.0.1 I am also sent to the same ad site. I have ran both ad-aware and spybot s&d. Ad-aware did say I had a redirected host, and supposedly fixed it. But i am still having the same problem. I am wondering how I can fix this or where it is on my computer that tells it where 127.0.0.1 is at. Any suggestions would be appreciated, Thanks!

Mike, The hosts (no extension) file you want to check is located in your C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc directory (folder). Below is what it should look like. ____________________________________________ # 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 ____________________________________________ Open it in notepad and remove any entries below 127.0.0.1 localhost DO NOT REMOVE THE 127.0.0.1 localhost Close notepad and save the changes. Hope This Helps, Tufenuf