nickd said:For no reason, when I am on AOL and just viewing, a window pop's up..."We're
sorry, the content you've requested is temporarily unavailable. Please try
again later".. How do I get rid of this frequent nuisance? I have Windows XP.
nickd said:For no reason, when I am on AOL and just viewing, a window pop's up..."We're
sorry, the content you've requested is temporarily unavailable. Please try
again later".. How do I get rid of this frequent nuisance? I have Windows XP.
nass said:nickd said:For no reason, when I am on AOL and just viewing, a window pop's up..."We're
sorry, the content you've requested is temporarily unavailable. Please try
again later".. How do I get rid of this frequent nuisance? I have Windows XP.
go through these cleaning steps to see or get a clear opinion on how
clean your machine is:
= Click Start >> Control Panel>>Network and Internet Connections >> Double
click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
[ ] Disable script Debugging (internet Explorer) <= check this box
[ ] Disable Script Debugging (Other) <= check this box
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
2.... And also for malware from here:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D
Run a scan from here on-line:
http://www.sophos.com
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
Download Avast Cleaner from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine:
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
Run disk cleanup and Defrag in safe mode
Open a run command and type in:
ipconfig /flushdns click [OK]
ipconfig /renew click [OK]
netsh winsock reset click [OK]
Reboot your machine and see if the connection will hold.
Or try this winsock fixer from here (although the netsh command should
correct the winsock but not always) :
http://www.nasstec.co.uk/tools.html
Run disk cleanup then this command in the run command prompt:
sfc /scannow click [OK] let it run you may need your XP CD for this
operation to accomplish.
HTH.
nass
nickd said:"nass". Applied all of your recommendations. Need to spend some time on the
computer to verify total removal of the problem. So far so good. Much
appreciated. "nickd"
nass said:nickd said:For no reason, when I am on AOL and just viewing, a window pop's up..."We're
sorry, the content you've requested is temporarily unavailable. Please try
again later".. How do I get rid of this frequent nuisance? I have Windows XP.
go through these cleaning steps to see or get a clear opinion on how
clean your machine is:
= Click Start >> Control Panel>>Network and Internet Connections >> Double
click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
[ ] Disable script Debugging (internet Explorer) <= check this box
[ ] Disable Script Debugging (Other) <= check this box
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
2.... And also for malware from here:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D
Run a scan from here on-line:
http://www.sophos.com
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
Download Avast Cleaner from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine:
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
Run disk cleanup and Defrag in safe mode
Open a run command and type in:
ipconfig /flushdns click [OK]
ipconfig /renew click [OK]
netsh winsock reset click [OK]
Reboot your machine and see if the connection will hold.
Or try this winsock fixer from here (although the netsh command should
correct the winsock but not always) :
http://www.nasstec.co.uk/tools.html
Run disk cleanup then this command in the run command prompt:
sfc /scannow click [OK] let it run you may need your XP CD for this
operation to accomplish.
HTH.
nass
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