error 10060

[Chris Bell]

I use a broadband connection so I am connected to the
Internet at all times. I started getting an error
message today that pops up on my desktop (whether I open
my browser or not) that is titled APP_BK-048. In the box
that pops up it says "Connection timed out (error
#10060). Everything I have read about this suggests it
is a problem with a connection to a website. However, I
get the message even if my browser is closed and I am not
trying to connect to a website. It's as if some program
or file is trying to connect to a site by itself every 10
seconds or so.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[pinto]

"Chris Bell" > wrote in message >...
> I use a broadband connection so I am connected to the
> Internet at all times. I started getting an error
> message today that pops up on my desktop (whether I open
> my browser or not) that is titled APP_BK-048. In the box
> that pops up it says "Connection timed out (error
> #10060). Everything I have read about this suggests it
> is a problem with a connection to a website. However, I
> get the message even if my browser is closed and I am not
> trying to connect to a website. It's as if some program
> or file is trying to connect to a site by itself every 10
> seconds or so.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks

Hello...........
i am aslo getting the same error message from yesterday...................
if u find anything let me know ................
i am using windows XP and broadband connection also.......
lets discuss @ this
thanks

[Murph]

(pinto) wrote in message >...
> "Chris Bell" > wrote in message >...
> > I use a broadband connection so I am connected to the
> > Internet at all times. I started getting an error
> > message today that pops up on my desktop (whether I open
> > my browser or not) that is titled APP_BK-048. In the box
> > that pops up it says "Connection timed out (error
> > #10060). Everything I have read about this suggests it
> > is a problem with a connection to a website. However, I
> > get the message even if my browser is closed and I am not
> > trying to connect to a website. It's as if some program
> > or file is trying to connect to a site by itself every 10
> > seconds or so.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Hello...........
> i am aslo getting the same error message from yesterday...................
> if u find anything let me know ................
> i am using windows XP and broadband connection also.......
> lets discuss @ this
> thanks

Here is the fix for anyone having the same problem.
I discovered on my own that Symantec had a free removal tool for Sobig
at:

However, this does not completely solve the problem. I learned from a
user on another news group that I also had to manually remove a
registry key referring to the file "cgtask.exe" at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENTVERSION/RUN and
manually delete the file from C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32. I had to reboot into
safe mode with command prompt to delete it, but now the problem is
finally gone.

Murph