Internet Connection Problems and a Funky file

[Guest]

I have a HP running Windows 98 2ed with 384 MB of ram. I recently upgraded
to Windows 2000 service pack 4. I also use ZoneAlarm Pro and a Linksys
wireless router. I use McAfee version 8. I connect to the Internet through a
Cable Modem.

I upgraded to Windows 2000. The install went fine but for the Internet
connection. The problem seems to involves TCP/IP since my gateway address
points back to the router and not the ISP although the ISP DSN address are
correct. Other programs that connect directly to the Internet like AOL and
McAfee seem to work fine but slow. I plan on deleting TCP/IP and seeing if
the OS reloads it with the correct settings. IE sometimes connect and
sometimes it does not when it does connect it run very slowly. Will the
Windows OS be able to reload TCP/IP?

Due to the problems mentioned above I partitioned out the C drive and
reloaded Windows 98 on the 2nd partition of C. I set Windows 2000 to give me
the option of choosing which operation system to boot up. Before I booted
Windows 98 I looked at the new partition and I noticed a folder that was
named “_â€(underscore without the quotation marks). This folder has one file
in it called CLOACKER.EXE When I right click on it I get the following
information version 2.0.0.0, description stealthy application catapult
copywriter 1998; product name CLOACKER.EXE, Application veil. Since I did
know what it was I changed its name to CLOAKEREXE.TXT and went on to do
something else. I have not booted using Windows 98 since I saw this file but
a day later I looked at the file and its name was changed back to
CLOACKER.EXE. I ran Virus checker and it detected no problems.

Is this file a W2k file or do you have any information about this file?

 

[Guest]

hmm ... this is a difficult.. do you have a DHCP server runnig on the
network that may interfear with these details, it maybe assigning the IP you
desire to a different location. you will need to add the gateway you wsh to
set in the DHCP and DNS servers on your network under a exlusion zome.

Also try running ipconfig from a command prompt, what results do you get back?

This may be an issue with Server 2000 Service Pack 4 ... i know it has few
issue hence i have avoided implementing onto my infrastructure .... let me
know how you get on?

 

[Guest]

I deleted the TCP/IP protocal and had the system reinstall it. This seemed
to help as the DNS loactions are correct for my IP and I can now use IE.
Although with all the problems I have been having I am worndering if it will
stay fixed.

Still am wondering about the Cloaker.exe do you have any informaton about it?

 

[Enkidu]

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