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  3. October 2003

Re: link to help files hijacked

> I somehow managed to click on something that installed a 
> parasite in CODE
> that redirects help to a get rich quick web site.  When I try 
> to open a
> manual it first goes to localhost.net.au and quickly jumps to 
> something
> called netbreakthroughs.com.

1. Get Ad-aware. It is awesome and will kill this sucker off. 
   http://www.lavasoftusa.com

2. This thing probably hijacked your HOSTS file. Do a search for 'HOSTS*' on
your
   local machine, and take a look in the files it turns up.  It probably
redefined 
   'localhost' and a slew of others (www.google.com, www.yahoo.com,
www.msn.com, 
   etc.) to its own address.
   (and since CODE help uses URLS like http://localhost:49213, well, you get
the
   idea.)

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