When I type in www.yahoo.com on the address bar, it loads some page with random pop ups and spurious links. It was working well all along till yesterday. Other sites like gmail, facebook load and no issues there. I tried to ping www.yahoo.com and it responded well. Assuming DNS not to be the problem, can anyone please help me solve this issue.
EDIT: Not only yahoo.com, but microsoft.com is also getting redirected to 212.113.36.83 Hosts file does not have any weird entry.
Thanks a lot, Trinity.
From the comments, it sounds like something is messing with DNS entries or your hosts file.
The easiest to check will be the hosts file. Open the run dialog (Start->Run) and type:
c:\windows\notepad.exe c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
This will open your hosts file in Notepad. Look for entries in it such as:
212.113.36.83 yahoo.com
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx microsoft.com
etc. If there are entries like that there, then that explains the redirection and means that something (such as spyware/malware) is messing with the file.
You need to go through the steps outlined in the community wiki about how to clean up a viral infection: How can I remove malicious spyware, malware, adware, viruses, trojans or rootkits from my PC?
