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Cannot access any search engine results

  • 20-03-2011 11:29am
    #1
    The Scawgeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭


    I cannot access any results from the Google, Yahoo or Altavista search engines. I can type in my query and press the search button then I get the IE cannot display the web page message. Anyone any ideas how I can sort this. All three Search engines cannot be 'encountering problems' can they ?

    T/A

    The Scawgeen


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  • #2
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,575 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    possibly a virus?
    download Malwarebytes and run it
    http://www.malwarebytes.org/
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  • #3
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    The Scawgeen wrote: »
    I cannot access any results from the Google, Yahoo or Altavista search engines. I can type in my query and press the search button then I get the IE cannot display the web page message. Anyone any ideas how I can sort this. All three Search engines cannot be 'encountering problems' can they ?

    T/A

    The Scawgeen

    Clear your browser cache. Press Ctrl, shift, Delete and select all and delete. Re start the browser and try again.


  • #4
    dbentham
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭dbentham


    Definitely sounds like a Denial-of-Service attack by malware. As stated above, download, install, update and scan with Malwarebytes in that order.

    Note: Some viruses / trojans will prevent Malwarebytes from installing or updating successfully. If this happens, repeat the process in 'Safe Mode with Networking' by pressing F8 a few times as your pc begins to restart and choosing this option.


  • #5
    unnameduser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭unnameduser


    Until you get this sorted you could try manually typing in DNS servers Eg 208.67.222.222

    It might give you Internet access to download mbam and update it


  • #6
    The Scawgeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭The Scawgeen


    Thanks for your help everyone got it sorted yesterday.


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  • #7
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Thats great Scrawgreen. Can you post how for others?


  • #8
    The Scawgeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭The Scawgeen


    I downloaded the Malwarebytes anti Malware from the site suggested above and did a quick scan which identified some threats, the Quick scan didn't fix the problem I had but after the Complete scan (approx 1 and a half hours which identified more threats) I could use all the search engines and I wasn't being redirected when I clicked on results in Google which was happening fairly often before I had the problem of getting the 'IE cannot display the page' message.

    The Scawgeen


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