IE 6 wont connect to web

[Guest]

My laptop machine runs win 98 se, I have had no trouble connecting to the web for years, through in integrated ethernet card, and or a wireless pcmcia card, or dial up modem...all worked fine. I did clean out a bunch of adware thius past week that was clogging my machine, and shortly thereafter there was a popup waring about " internet adapter"... then "do you want the older version.... of a .dll file that I doid not write down.(it may have started with the letterO)..I chose the older version, from then my connection is gone

Suddenly I have no web connection any of those ways. my tcpip wizard says that is all fine; I can "see" and exchange files with all computers on my local home network or my local network at my office, but no program connects to the web. I can even dial into compuserve, connect, and get compuserve mail (theirs is not a typical web based mail program) but no web access comes up through the compuserve browser or through IE6. i tried uninstalling IE6 and reinstalling, still same problem. Obviously email through outlook is also not working. I am very close to putting in the reformat CD and setting my machine back to the first day, but that means hours and hours of reloading three years worth of software, drivers and data. I also do not want to now make a "ghost" copy of my machine, because I assume that copies the corrupt or damged file also.... any ideas? I assume it must be a registry corruption, how can I fix that without corrupting the whole thing? how do I systematically troubleshhot this mess

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My laptop machine runs win 98 se, I have had no trouble connecting to
the web for years, through in integrated ethernet card, and or a
wireless pcmcia card, or dial up modem...all worked fine. I did
clean out a bunch of adware thius past week that was clogging my
machine, and shortly thereafter there was a popup waring about "
internet adapter"... then "do you want the older version.... of a
.dll file that I doid not write down.(it may have started with the
letterO)..I chose the older version, from then my connection is gone.

Suddenly I have no web connection any of those ways. my tcpip wizard
says that is all fine; I can "see" and exchange files with all
computers on my local home network or my local network at my office,
but no program connects to the web. I can even dial into compuserve,
connect, and get compuserve mail (theirs is not a typical web based
mail program) but no web access comes up through the compuserve
browser or through IE6. i tried uninstalling IE6 and reinstalling,
still same problem. Obviously email through outlook is also not
working. I am very close to putting in the reformat CD and setting
my machine back to the first day, but that means hours and hours of
reloading three years worth of software, drivers and data. I also do
not want to now make a "ghost" copy of my machine, because I assume
that copies the corrupt or damged file also.... any ideas? I assume
it must be a registry corruption, how can I fix that without
corrupting the whole thing? how do I systematically troubleshhot
this mess?

Windows 98SE?
Try this:
http://shipleysystems.com/FTP/WinSockFix/PCSC - Internet - Winsock Fix.htm

or here:
http://shipleysystems.com/~scot/download.htm

 

[Guest]

You, sir, are a credit to IT. Mission solved. I cannot begin to thank you for the time that you have saved.

I think I better get serious about all this spyware that somehow got on the machine...I think while on vacation my daughter got onto her IM list and aol, I have casino stuss, lycos, inbternet optimizer, all running in the background now. ANy good recommendations for removal of these programs?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

You, sir, are a credit to IT. Mission solved. I cannot begin to
thank you for the time that you have saved.

I think I better get serious about all this spyware that somehow got
on the machine...I think while on vacation my daughter got onto her
IM list and aol, I have casino stuss, lycos, inbternet optimizer, all
running in the background now. ANy good recommendations for removal
of these programs?

I have several recommendations, in fact. heh

Make sure you have all the updates (critical) installed from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
(Scan for updates, Review and Install)


Get rid of the spy/ad/mal-ware..
(Yes - using MORE than one of these..
I recommend at least the first three. Also..
UPDATE the definitions for them before using.)

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.net/

Lavasoft AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de

CWSShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Hijack This!
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

I also like "The Cleaner" and "SpywareBlaster" and "SpywareGuard".
- http://www.moosoft.com/
- http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

The first is a PAY product, but useable for 30 days - it has found and
eliminated problems in the past the others did not. The latter two are
prevention mechanisms. I like SpywareGuard for those with enough processor
to have something running like antivirus software - and it prevents browser
hijacking quite well.

And Assortment of Others:
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html


After you cleanup your PC somewhat of spy/ad/mal-ware, verify your antivirus
software is updated and run a full scan of your computer. If you have no
antivirus software - get one NOW! Grisoft AntiVirus:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php


Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to about
80 to 120MB (seems to be an optimal size for the normal user)

- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section,
do the following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the
"Amount of disk space to use:" to something between 80MB
and 120MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to
"Delete all offline contents" (the checkbox) and click
OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10 minutes or
more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer
- Re-open Internet Explorer.


Uninstall any software you do not use often/ever. (If you have something
installed but never use it, uninstall it.) If you go through Control
Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and see things you seldom if ever use, it is to
your advantage to remove it.


Also, if you are tired of Web Page Pop-Ups/Unders.. You could try the
Google Toolbar.
http://toolbar.google.com/


Stop loading applications at logon.. run MSCONFIG and look under the startup
tab for things you DON'T want to startup! Search the Internet with Google
to discover what things are safe to remove and what things may even be
malware infecting your computer.


Better control your email and lessen the amount of time you spend dealing
with SPAM:
SpamBayes
http://spambayes.sourceforge.net
or
Spamihilator.
http://www.spamihilator.com