Can't Access the Web

[Guest]

For a week, I have had difficulty accessing the web; At the present time, I
cannot get on the web unless I go to safe mode; occasionally I have played
with the control panel and use internet connection hyperlinks and IE works;
other times it doesn't; if I can access the web and I reboot, I loose my
abilty to get on the web.

XP home, 160gig HD; 1000 ram; zone alarm, nav, and 4 anti spam programs.

I have shut off nav and zone alarm, but it doesn't help

I assume I am having a conflict somewhere; just don't know where

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi fkosmakos - You might want to try rebuilding your Winsock2 stack. The
following is from my Blog, Defending Your Machine, addy below in my
Signature:


#########IMPORTANT#########
Before you try to remove spyware using any of the programs below, download
both a copy of LSPFIX here:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

AND a copy of Winsockfix for W95, W98, and ME
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257

or here for Win2k/XP
http://files.webattack.com/localdl834/WinsockxpFix.exe
Info and download here: http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
Directions here: http://www.iup.edu/house/resnet/winfix.shtm

The process of removing certain malware may kill your internet connection.
If this should occur, these programs, LSPFIX and WINSOCKFIX, will enable you
to regain your connection.


For XP SP2, you can also use the Run command: netsh winsock reset catalog

to fix this problem without the need for these programs.

For XP pre-SP2, you can use this Run command: netsh int ip reset
resetlog.txt


Also, one MS technician suggested that the following sequence of Run
commands for XP may help in some cases:

netsh int reset all
ipconfig /flushdns

See also: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/winsock.htm for additional XPSP2
info/approaches using the netsh command.

An alternative approach with necessary .reg files which will often work even
when the above doesn't is defined here, courtesy of Bob Cerelli:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/ie_tips.htm#winsock_fix Recommended.

Remember - you need to do any downloads ahead of time BEFORE you do any
malware cleaning.
#########IMPORTANT#########