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Assuming you're running windows, from a command prompt try ipconfig /flushdns

Jeff-

Looking at your pic of snow shoes ..............

Not to hijack ............ but do you use the rubber truck tire inner tube type snow shoe harnesses as they are great with no snow/ice build-up ever ?

Cheers

Derek

Unless you are accidentally misspelling these domain names, you in fact have a virus on your computer.

In the pic are "Bob Maki" bindings, I guess a more refined version of the innertube idea. They are good, but with big feet and pacs, they are quite tight.

Lately I have been using some "makwa" bindings I found on ebay. Not bad as only your toe and heel are gripped by the binding.

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FYI, it looks like they just started making "XL" Makis recently:

http://tinyurl.com/6b2ug3o

As others have mentioned, it looks like you need to at least flush your DNS and you may have a virus or other malware.

I would recommend that you run a virus scan with your antivirus software (I highly recommend Avast with a boot-time scan) and then download, install and run the following:

CCleaner

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (free version is fine)

Spybot Search & Destroy

For the last two, make sure you have updated them to the latest definitions prior to running.

Wendell....I have AVG...is what you recommend better?

I'd recommend everyone run the Kaspersky rootkit remover if you seem to have a problem with recurring viruses. Most likely there are bigger (and harder to remove) forces at work:

http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe

Sometimes this doesn't even work and all you can do is completely reformat the computer.

I personally prefer Avast. However, they all have their pros and cons and it just depends on your preferences. I like Avast for the feature set and great support. Also note that I am using their "Internet Security Suite" on 3 computers, so I'm not using the free version. However, the free version does come with a ton of stuff that the others don't have.

Avira Antivir generally has the best detection rate, although it's an extremely tiny margin above Avast. Again, Avast's feature set wins me over.

AVG has the highest false positive rate, so it will sometimes alert you to a problem that doesn't actually exist. Better safe than sorry?

Avast uses the least amount of resources while running than any of the others, but takes longer to scan. My response to the longer scanning times is: "So what?"

Norton and McAfee? Total crap. During some rough financial times over the last several years, I provided tech support for Windows computers and found that Norton and McAfee were actually the CULPRITS in screwing things up on many computers... I would easily say that at least half of my clients that needed my help with their slow or problematic computers were running Norton or McAfee (mostly Norton). Replacing Norton/McAfee with Avast cured the problem. Aside from that, their detection rates are horrible when compared to the free antivirus software out there. Go figure.

I have been using Avast for something close to 10 years now. I had a brief stint with Microsoft Security Essentials when it was first released because it was literally head and shoulders above anyone else. About 3 months after MSE was released, it quickly dropped in detection rates because MS didn't update it often enough (sort of like Windows' monthly "Update Tuesday" which is followed up by the bad guys with "Hack Wednesday" because they know they have a full month before a new update will be provided). Avast updates itself automatically and instantly, so I feel best protected with Avast. It's not uncommon to see automatic update notifications show up a few times throughout the day.

Here's a great comparison article: http://dottech.org/freeware-reviews/14151

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Thanks Wendell....I think I'll change now.

There is also cwshredder and hijackthis.exe which will find stuff I've never heard of. Be sure to plan a day when you don't need your machine fully functional. They are super deep scanner/cleaners.

Wendell....I need some help here

I downloaded Avast and my computer completely froze up. I had to restart in safe mode to uninstall. Is Avast male or female? The program I had is AVG. Obviously one is female and the other male. As soon as they started working together the machine acquired a Binarial disease. It completely froze....nothing would work. Perhaps I installed a fake Avast littered with viruses. Any advice?

Do I have to uninstall AVG first and then install?

Wendell....I need some help here

Yes, Craig! Conflicting antivirus programs are a huge no-no. Always uninstall after downloading your new program and before installing your new program.

They never play nice together. I would uninstall both then install the one you want. Just don't go online before the new one is up and running.

Rick

Wendell....I need some help here

I installed Avast on my computer at work and it seems to work great. I'm not sure if I have to manually tell it to scan or if it does it in the background. Just about every time I do a quick scan or a boot-time scan with it, it finds some bad things. If I could figure out how to uninstall McAfee Antivirus Plus on this computer I'd put Avast on this one too.

Wendell....I need some help here

Thanks Rick.