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Help, sporadic internet access
I apologize in advance for the length of this post...
I've been battling spyware & hijackers. I cleared lots of spyware from my home computer (Home XP) over the weekend using spybot & semantec. Thereafter, I could access the internet, the other users (really angry daughters) would get "file not found" when using both IE and Netscape. So, I did a system restore to last Friday. We all had internet access, but all the bad stuff was back on the machine. So, I undid the system restore and then no one had internet access. All I would see was file not found. So, I spent an hour on the phone with our DSL tech support. They had me enter a static IP address, which got me internet access, but still file not found for all other users. I downloaded ad aware and hyjack this and ran them both. But, same problem. So, tech support recommended a reinstall of the OS. I reinstalled last night and... same problem: no internet access for anyone. When I entered the static IP address, I had internet, but no other users do. Any suggestions?? My daughters are threatening my life if they don't get internet access soon! |
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Help, sporadic internet access
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 09:36:29 -0700, "Lost in XP"
wrote: I apologize in advance for the length of this post... I've been battling spyware & hijackers. I cleared lots of spyware from my home computer (Home XP) over the weekend using spybot & semantec. Thereafter, I could access the internet, the other users (really angry daughters) would get "file not found" when using both IE and Netscape. So, I did a system restore to last Friday. We all had internet access, but all the bad stuff was back on the machine. So, I undid the system restore and then no one had internet access. All I would see was file not found. So, I spent an hour on the phone with our DSL tech support. They had me enter a static IP address, which got me internet access, but still file not found for all other users. I downloaded ad aware and hyjack this and ran them both. But, same problem. So, tech support recommended a reinstall of the OS. I reinstalled last night and... same problem: no internet access for anyone. When I entered the static IP address, I had internet, but no other users do. Any suggestions?? My daughters are threatening my life if they don't get internet access soon! How does the other users internet access relate to this computer? Are you running ICS or a proxy server? Please provide ipconfig information for each computer. Start - Run - "ipconfig /all c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post. Now, download LSP-Fix from http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm, and a couple similar products listed on that page also which you may want to try. All free. Start by restoring the system so you can access the internet from all computers. Then, download and run CWShredder from http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html. Have it fix all variants. Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThis http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155 and Spybot S&D http://security.kolla.de/index.php?l...&page=download. Both free. 1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"), then run a scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all recommended deletions. 2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the HJT Log. 3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the following forums (and post it here): http://forums.net-integration.net/ http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet (some spyware builds itself into the network software, and its removal may damage your network), run LSP-Fix and the similar products. Harden your browser. There are various websites which will check for vulnerabilities, here are three which I use. http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/ http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/ https://testzone.secunia.com/browser_checker/ Harden your operating system. Check at least monthly for security updates. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ Block possibly dangerous websites with a Hosts file. Three Hosts file sources I use: http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/get_hosts.html http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm (The third is included, and updated, with Spybot (see above)). Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Help, sporadic internet access
Thanks for the advice. I'll do my best to carry out your suggestions. My lack of knowledge is showing here. When I say other users, what I mean is we have one computer and 4 of us each have separate windows user accounts. What I mean is, for example, I log on and when daughter #1 wants to use the computer, I log off and she logs on. When daughter #2 wants the computer daughter #1 logs off and #2 logs on, ad nauseum. This is what particularly baffled our DSL support guy. He couldn't understand how one user could have internet access, when the other users on the same computer and using the same IP configuration (I think) could not. Does that change your advice? -----Original Message----- On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 09:36:29 -0700, "Lost in XP" wrote: I apologize in advance for the length of this post... I've been battling spyware & hijackers. I cleared lots of spyware from my home computer (Home XP) over the weekend using spybot & semantec. Thereafter, I could access the internet, the other users (really angry daughters) would get "file not found" when using both IE and Netscape. So, I did a system restore to last Friday. We all had internet access, but all the bad stuff was back on the machine. So, I undid the system restore and then no one had internet access. All I would see was file not found. So, I spent an hour on the phone with our DSL tech support. They had me enter a static IP address, which got me internet access, but still file not found for all other users. I downloaded ad aware and hyjack this and ran them both. But, same problem. So, tech support recommended a reinstall of the OS. I reinstalled last night and... same problem: no internet access for anyone. When I entered the static IP address, I had internet, but no other users do. Any suggestions?? My daughters are threatening my life if they don't get internet access soon! How does the other users internet access relate to this computer? Are you running ICS or a proxy server? Please provide ipconfig information for each computer. Start - Run - "ipconfig /all c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post. Now, download LSP-Fix from http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm, and a couple similar products listed on that page also which you may want to try. All free. Start by restoring the system so you can access the internet from all computers. Then, download and run CWShredder from http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html. Have it fix all variants. Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThis http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155 and Spybot S&D http://security.kolla.de/index.php? lang=en&page=download. Both free. 1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"), then run a scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all recommended deletions. 2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the HJT Log. 3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the following forums (and post it here): http://forums.net-integration.net/ http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet (some spyware builds itself into the network software, and its removal may damage your network), run LSP-Fix and the similar products. Harden your browser. There are various websites which will check for vulnerabilities, here are three which I use. http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/ http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/ https://testzone.secunia.com/browser_checker/ Harden your operating system. Check at least monthly for security updates. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ Block possibly dangerous websites with a Hosts file. Three Hosts file sources I use: http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/get_hosts.html http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm (The third is included, and updated, with Spybot (see above)). Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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