I'm freaking out

Remove all IE toolbars then check your proxy settings

IE. Tools/Internet Options/Connections (tab)/Lan Settings (make sure you're proxy server is unchecked)

Then check your hosts file: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (open with notepad)
*feel free to copy/paste the contents of your hosts file if you notice something strange.

brady said:

Remove all IE toolbars then check your proxy settings

IE. Tools/Internet Options/Connections (tab)/Lan Settings (make sure you're proxy server is unchecked)

Then check your hosts file: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (open with notepad)
*feel free to copy/paste the contents of your hosts file if you notice something strange.

I am using Google Chrome 13 beta...
and all i have is the norton tool bar..
and i checked and i am not using a proxy server


here is my hosts file:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

is there something wrong?

hosts file is fine, your issue may me in registry

brady said:

hosts file is fine, your issue may me in registry

so what do i do now?
superantispware just picked up like 44 adware tracking cookies? is that bad?

Ok you guys after booting into safe mode and scanning with NIS 2012, Microsoft Safety Scanner, and SuperAnti Spyware
Norton found 5 Heuristic viruses and removed them. Microsoft Security Scanner found 2 viruses and removed one, it could not remove the other which was "Adware:Win32/opencandy" Is that bad? the superantispyware only found cookies. So i rebooted tried google search and no more spam sites! I guess it was the Heuristic viruses Norton found. I am thinking of installing Comodo Internet securtiy plus 2011 with Norton Internet Security 2012. Will that cause any conflcts?

looks like its back i google searched comodo forums and it took automatically to a microsoft support page? then i closed my browser, cleared everything with ccleaner, and the problem went away.. but i think there is still a virus..