Server not found - DNS error

[Alan C]

Problem: On an XPpro box, IE6 will now not connect to any website.
Server not found and DNS error messages.
I have fully updated the antivirus and cleaned bugbear and swen, and
running spybot s&d (94 problems found).
I can ping any ip address, but pinging a website by name returns a
host not found message. Obviously some virus/worm has damaged the
registry or tcp/ip stack so no names are resolved by dns.

Anyone know which regkeys to look at? Or suggest a way of solving
the problem without re-installing XP?

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[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Try LSP-Fix - http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm or the Winsock repair tool at
http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe is often recommended for XP.

Don

 

[Alan C]

Thanks Don,

I'll try those. BTW the second link doesn't work! I found
WinsockXPfix at:
http://tntmax.com/Download/Software/WinsockXPFix.exe/view

Alan

"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
Hi,
Try LSP-Fix - http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm or the Winsock repair
tool at
http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe is often recommended
for XP.

Don