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I feel such a dumb-dumb!! It was the IP configuration, specifically the DNS!!<br />
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Thanks for your help
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I feel such a dumb-dumb!! It was the IP configuration, specifically the DNS!!

Thanks for your help

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I am working on a vista pc which was badly infected. I scanned the hard drive as a slave using Malwarebytes, Comodo, and Bitdefender online scanner. Since sticking the hard dive back in the machine and booting it up I have also used Combofix (after realising the there was a name resolution issue). After that I manually updated the definitions in Malwarebytes (as no program can download updates) but the scan came up clean.<br />
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When I check the IP configuration it is all fine. I can connect to the router by IP address and can open up a website such as Google using their IP address but not the name.<br />
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I am guessing that one of the viruses has done the damage but cannot find out what!<br />
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I can post a Hijackthis log if anyone thinks it would help - please let me know.<br />
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Any suggestions would be appreciated.<br />
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TIA
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I am working on a vista pc which was badly infected. I scanned the hard drive as a slave using Malwarebytes, Comodo, and Bitdefender online scanner. Since sticking the hard dive back in the machine and booting it up I have also used Combofix (after realising the there was a name resolution issue). After that I manually updated the definitions in Malwarebytes (as no program can download updates) but the scan came up clean.

When I check the IP configuration it is all fine. I can connect to the router by IP address and can open up a website such as Google using their IP address but not the name.

I am guessing that one of the viruses has done the damage but cannot find out what!

I can post a Hijackthis log if anyone thinks it would help - please let me know.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA

Vista cannot resolve names to IPs after virus

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