Can't Access Microsoft.Com

Do you have any experience with a virus or spyware that only blocks access to Microsoft.com (no other web sites).

Here are the symptoms of the problem:

1. I can access all web sites with the exception of microsoft.com
2. When I ping 207.46.198.30 or 207.46.197.101, the requests time out.
3. However, when I ping microsoft.com, it pings the local host: 127.0.0.1

I have run both the Microsoft Anti-Spyware and Ad-Aware programs, as well as the Trend anti-Virus program and the problem persists.

This virus/spyware also prevents the System Restore program from working.

Thanks.

 

hmmmm, what were u doing last before you got the error?

 

I don't know. I didn't realize I had the problem until my Media Center could not access microsoft.com for program guide updates.

 

Ok some ideas which come to mind, as a last resort you could format. But we'll try steer clear of that first. But the next step could you please specify what OS ur using?

 

Thanks, but I have now solved the problem. The Lien Van de Kelder virus had modified the hosts file. It's a clever virus in that unless you open the hosts file full screen, you don't see the changes it made.

Here's what it did (Scroll way down to see what is not immediately obvious when you look at it.)

# 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


















127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 securityresponse.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 symantec.com
127.0.0.1 www.sophos.com
127.0.0.1 sophos.com
127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
127.0.0.1 www.viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 www.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 www.avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 www.ca.com
127.0.0.1 ca.com
127.0.0.1 mast.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 www.my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 dispatch.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 secure.nai.com
127.0.0.1 nai.com
127.0.0.1 www.nai.com
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 updates.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 us.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 customer.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 rads.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 www.trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 www.grisoft.com
127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 www.msn.com
127.0.0.1 www.virustotal.com
127.0.0.1 virustotal.com
127.0.0.1 www.oxyd.fr
127.0.0.1 oxyd.fr
127.0.0.1 www.t35.com
127.0.0.1 t35.com
127.0.0.1 www.t35.net
127.0.0.1 t35.net

 

lol, oh that's crazy... Well good to see you got it . ^_^