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GoogleGUy explains that there are scumware programs that rewrite people's HOSTS files and point popular domains to another IP address.
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Scumware, plain and simple. We've seen software hijack the hosts file and hardwire Google, Yahoo, etc. to their IP address. Then the scumware guys show pop-ups etc. on that IP address. Get yourself a recent copy of Spybot. Good luck getting rid of that junk!