IE errors; DNS errors; how to uninstall IE ?

[Guest]

I had IE 5.5 working all right on my Win ME untill some worm came to me.
After fixing worm-file and installing IE 6.1 over IE 5.5 my local html-pages are displayed IN ORDER, but when I'm trying to open any web-based html-page, IE says: "Unable to display a page; DNS Error". At the same time all my dialup-connections remain the same as always, and working Netscape (7.1, which I use now as test-program) displays web-pages through these connections OK
But I really need IE for my work (and not Netscape or any other browser)..

I tried reinstalling IE 6.1 many times - it didn't help
I tried to deinstall IE from my computer totally, but it was possible only to deinstall IE 6 to the previous version (IE 5.5), and when I tried to deinstall IE 5.5 it appeared to be impossible to do that (deinstallationn prog says: unable to deinstall).

I would like to remove all IE-files from my computer in order to make new clean IE- installation (because I need IE!), but I do not know how to do that
Any suggestions? Does anyone knows, how is it possible to remove all IE-files from computer for to make clean installation of IE 6 ??

Sincerely
Kosta.

 

[Don Varnau]

Kosta,
The malware may have damaged your winsock settings. Or removing the malware
may have done the same. Download and run LSP-Fix from
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

You should then search for other malware with:
Spybot - Search & Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd
(Remove items listed in red)
Ad-aware 6- Lavasoft: http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Both of these programs should be updated after installing, before using.
CWShredder 1.51 from http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

Additional information, including security tips at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

IE6 will provide some additional security, but it's best to get IE5.5
working properly before you upgrade.

Don
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MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

I had IE 5.5 working all right on my Win ME untill some worm came to me.
After fixing worm-file and installing IE 6.1 over IE 5.5 my local

html-pages are displayed IN ORDER, but when I'm trying to open any
web-based html-page, IE says: "Unable to display a page; DNS Error". At the
same time all my dialup-connections remain the same as always, and working
Netscape (7.1, which I use now as test-program) displays web-pages through
these connections OK.

But I really need IE for my work (and not Netscape or any other browser)...

I tried reinstalling IE 6.1 many times - it didn't help;
I tried to deinstall IE from my computer totally, but it was possible only

to deinstall IE 6 to the previous version (IE 5.5), and when I tried to
deinstall IE 5.5 it appeared to be impossible to do that (deinstallationn
prog says: unable to deinstall).

I would like to remove all IE-files from my computer in order to make new

clean IE- installation (because I need IE!), but I do not know how to do
that.

Any suggestions? Does anyone knows, how is it possible to remove all

IE-files from computer for to make clean installation of IE 6 ???

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Go to http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
and scroll down to "To double-check your system - (after using one of the
above)"
and get HijackThis. Follow the instructions on posting the log.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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