yahoo msgr not connecting

[n/w novice]

Hi,

Recently had a virus attack on my system, i disabled everthing other
than microsoft in the startup..my sytem is working fine .... but the
new issue is that i am not able to connect to yahoo msgr, gtalk etc....

What could be the problem

i am using dell - laptop latitude d505
XP operationg system.

Please help!

TIA

Ravi

 

[Chuck]

Hi,

Recently had a virus attack on my system, i disabled everthing other
than microsoft in the startup..my sytem is working fine .... but the
new issue is that i am not able to connect to yahoo msgr, gtalk etc....

What could be the problem

i am using dell - laptop latitude d505
XP operationg system.

Please help!

TIA

Ravi

Ravi,

If you just removed malware, I'd check for LSP / Winsock corruption. Be
persistent here.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html