Operation Aborted

[Guest]

When I attempt to access www.circuitcity.com and www.yahoo.com on my IE6
browser I receive the error message "Cannot open site. Operation Aborted."
When I click "ok" I am taken to the IE "Cannot Find Server" page. 1) How do
I correct this, and 2) What caused this?

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

Is it just those two URLs that you can't get to? If so, you might want to
consider deleting the cookies for those two sites and try again. You could
also try clearing out all temporary internet files.

If you can't get to *any* sites, I'd check for spyware/malware and viruses.
Do a search on the newsgroups for spyware -- you'll get back a zillion ideas
on how to clean it up.

LB

 

[Guest]

No, it is almost all sites. I did clear all the temporary internet files. I
recently removed Norton Anitvirus because it was outdated and I had planned
to install virus software from grisoft.

How do I find out if there is spyware/malware or viruses on the comp. and
how do I go about removing them?

Thanks.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

No, it is almost all sites. I did clear all the temporary internet
files. I recently removed Norton Anitvirus because it was outdated
and I had planned to install virus software from grisoft.

How do I find out if there is spyware/malware or viruses on the comp.
and how do I go about removing them?

Thanks.

Viruses:
Do an online scan:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/
or
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html?prodid=nav2002/

Spyware:
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, 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 with the program's update function
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.intermute.com/products/cwshredder
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 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.

See also:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&DisplayLang=en
for the new Microsoft program which was previously released by Giant
Software. Warning: This is reported to produce many false positives. Be
careful what you let it delete.

See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

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