Virus problems! Pinom.J worm

I cant seem to find the host file? (win XP home)
All 5 pcs on the network have the same problem, same sites cant be accessed.
i notice that 172.0.0.1 appears in the status bar while connecting to said websites.

madlan.

This is a private address.
Try this:
Go to start->Search->Find files and folder->hosts*.*

The host file has not got an extention like .exe. But it will definately be there.

On XP it should be on c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

OK, i found it:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts

and you were right! thankyou!

Do you know anything about this virus? i cant find any information on it.
Just want to make sure its not damaged anything else...

thankyou

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# 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

Yes it look fine
delete the following

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


Then save the file, then try to access nai.com or symantec.com etc

Regarding the virus
have a look at
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32cissic.html

Hey did that work, anyways glad I could help :)

Please dont forget to allocate the points.

Thanks
Anil

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