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Guest
Hi,
I have two desktop computers sharing my cable connection via a D-Link DI-704
Router. Internet, file and print sharing are working just fine on both PC's.
Both PC's are running Win XP Pro SP2 and the necessary critical updates,
patches and hotfixes. Since a few months though I'm having problems and I'm
not sure if they are internet, network or browser related. Ok I upraded MSIE
from version 6.x to 7. I also upgraded WMP from version 10 to 11. Also in
this case the necessary updates were installed. I also installed Symantec
Norton Internet Security 2007 and Backup and Restore again with the necessary
updates. Since then there are a lot of websites acting weird. If I click
certain links of the main or any page of some sites I notice in the lower
left corner of the browser that the DNS is changed to an IP address beginning
with 65.xxx.xxx.xxx and finally I end up on either a Google search page or
other annoying pages. Trying to click the link more then once doesn't help
at all. First I thought that the error was produced because of the
installation of MSIE 7. As complimentary test I also installed Firefox
Mozilla and the Netscape browser. Unfortunately both browsers act the same
when tested. I uninstalled both Symantec applications but still I'm
experiencing the same problem. Although I uninstalled both applications
correctly I also downloaded and ran the clean tool from Symantec just to make
sure both applications were completely uninstalled without leaving any
traces. At this point I was thinking rather that my PC was maybe hit by a
virus, a hack, a browser Hijack, ad- spy or malware. So I ran some
applications like AdAware SE personal editon and Microsoft Defender. Not one
of them could actually solve anything nor could they give me any further
information. I also checked my network configuration but can't find anything
wrong. My last hope is to complety reinstall my PC although this is really
the last action I want to preform. I really hope that there is still a
solution so that I don't have to reinstall my PC from scratch. It will take
me days maybe a week before my PC will be completely reinstalled.
Thanks in advance for having a look at this problem.
Best regards,
Erwin
I have two desktop computers sharing my cable connection via a D-Link DI-704
Router. Internet, file and print sharing are working just fine on both PC's.
Both PC's are running Win XP Pro SP2 and the necessary critical updates,
patches and hotfixes. Since a few months though I'm having problems and I'm
not sure if they are internet, network or browser related. Ok I upraded MSIE
from version 6.x to 7. I also upgraded WMP from version 10 to 11. Also in
this case the necessary updates were installed. I also installed Symantec
Norton Internet Security 2007 and Backup and Restore again with the necessary
updates. Since then there are a lot of websites acting weird. If I click
certain links of the main or any page of some sites I notice in the lower
left corner of the browser that the DNS is changed to an IP address beginning
with 65.xxx.xxx.xxx and finally I end up on either a Google search page or
other annoying pages. Trying to click the link more then once doesn't help
at all. First I thought that the error was produced because of the
installation of MSIE 7. As complimentary test I also installed Firefox
Mozilla and the Netscape browser. Unfortunately both browsers act the same
when tested. I uninstalled both Symantec applications but still I'm
experiencing the same problem. Although I uninstalled both applications
correctly I also downloaded and ran the clean tool from Symantec just to make
sure both applications were completely uninstalled without leaving any
traces. At this point I was thinking rather that my PC was maybe hit by a
virus, a hack, a browser Hijack, ad- spy or malware. So I ran some
applications like AdAware SE personal editon and Microsoft Defender. Not one
of them could actually solve anything nor could they give me any further
information. I also checked my network configuration but can't find anything
wrong. My last hope is to complety reinstall my PC although this is really
the last action I want to preform. I really hope that there is still a
solution so that I don't have to reinstall my PC from scratch. It will take
me days maybe a week before my PC will be completely reinstalled.
Thanks in advance for having a look at this problem.
Best regards,
Erwin