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RE: Mystery DNS Changes


From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 21:22:41 -0500

--On Friday, October 03, 2003 18:39:31 -0400 Mike O'Connor <oconnor123 () sympatico ca> wrote:

I have the described behaviour when visiting google.com, but have
neither the aolfix.exe nor registry entries, on my XP box.  Where would
one find the registry entry for the current DNS(s)?

They aren't in the registry. The google redirection is done in the HOSTS file. Search your hard drive for "hosts" and look at those files with notepad.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu

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