I CAN'T Connect... Please SOMEONE help!!!

[Guest]

Hello, Just up untill today, I could go onto IE with no problem. But today I
can't, When I click the button it doesn't do anything... Right now I'm on
FireFox..so I can get help. I called Road Runner (my ISP) And they said that
"i'm online"...so there is a software problem maybe..PLEASE HELP!

 

[Noel Paton]

You may already have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/averttools.asp

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html
(download it without the accompanying rubbish)

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read on how to post messages to NG's

 

[PA Bear]

Please see this page http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm and then post back
with the information we'll need to be able to assist you further.

 

[Guest]

Is there something else that could be wrong with it besides a Virus/Spyware
problem?.. Since I have no reason to think that I have a virus, sicne the
rest of my Operating System (XP) is working fine.

 

[Guest]

My System Information is:

Dell 2400
Windows Xp Version 2002
256 RAM
Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics Card
Internet Explorer version 6 [IE SP 2]
180 GB Hard Drive

OS is working fine, excpet for the IE 6. Firefox is working fine also.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

Assuming that you have SP2, go to Start | Run and type
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
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Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Noel Paton]

Since FireFox appears to work OK, it's unlikely to be the Winsock problem
AFAIK- but try Frank's fix anyhow, it can't do any harm.

Other possibilities include a borked patch - try downloading and
installing/running Belarc Advisor (www.belarc.com) - see if it reports any
failures
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read on how to post messages to NG's

 

[PA Bear]

And if that doesn't help...

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

Assuming that you have SP2, go to Start | Run and type
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

My System Information is:

Dell 2400
Windows Xp Version 2002
256 RAM
Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics Card
Internet Explorer version 6 [IE SP 2]
180 GB Hard Drive

OS is working fine, excpet for the IE 6. Firefox is working fine also.

 

[Guest]

Did you ever get your problem resolved? If so, can you tell me how? I'm
having the same problem. See the thread under the 12/12/2005 "My Internet
Explorer is gone" posting for more info.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

I had this problem and it was because I installed this software "Fresh
Download" I used it and didn’t like it after I removed it my IE stopped
working. I had to go to C:\Program Files\FreshDevices and delete the whole
folder.