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Old December 3rd 04, 01:19 PM
Avinash
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Default Dial up networking hangs system

I am using Windows XP with SP-2 installed. Every time I switch on my pc &
dial a connection, I am unable to disconnect the connection & unable to use
IE or Outlook Express either. I did not face this problem when SP-2 was not
installed & I was working only with SP-1 installed. Can somebody please tell
me what the problem might be??
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Old December 3rd 04, 02:14 PM
Malke
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Default Dial up networking hangs system

Avinash wrote:

I am using Windows XP with SP-2 installed. Every time I switch on my
pc & dial a connection, I am unable to disconnect the connection &
unable to use IE or Outlook Express either. I did not face this
problem when SP-2 was not installed & I was working only with SP-1
installed. Can somebody please tell me what the problem might be??


Your post is a bit hard to understand. You are able to connect to the
Internet, but then IE and OE don't work. You are then unable to
disconnect from the network? If this is accurate, then the first thing
I would do is scan your computer in Safe Mode for malware. I'll give
you the general malware removal steps with links below. If my
interpretation of your post is *not* correct, then please post back
with a better description of what you are doing, including the text of
any error messages. Of course, it won't *hurt* for you to scan for
malware anyway!

1) Scan in Safe Mode with current version (not earlier than 2003)
antivirus using updated definitions.

2) Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware. These
programs are free, so use them both since they complement each other.
There is a new version of CWShredder from Intermute. I would not
install the other Intermute programs, however. Alternately, there are
CoolWebSearch malware removal steps at SilentRunners.

Be sure to update these programs before running, and it is a good idea
to do virus/spyware scans in Safe Mode. Make sure you are able to see
all hidden files and extensions (View tab in Folder Options).

HijackThis is an excellent tool to discover and disable hijackers, but
it requires expert skill. See below for HijackThis links. A combination
of HijackThis and about:Buster works well in removing the about:Blank
homepage hijacker. Again, this is an expert tool and novices should get
help with it.

3) If you are running Windows ME or XP, you should disable/enable System
Restore because malware will be in the Restore Points. With ME, you
must disable System Restore completely. With XP, you can delete all but
the most recent (presumably clean) System Restore point from the More
Options section of Disk Cleanup (Runcleanmgr).

4) Make sure you've visited Windows Update and applied all security
patches. Do not install driver updates from Windows Update.

5) Run a firewall.

Links to help with malwa

Software/Methods:
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.lavasoftusa.com - Ad-aware
http://www.majorgeeks.com - good download site
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract..._download.html
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_cwsremoval.html. - SilentRunners

HijackThis:
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm - HijackThis tutorial by Jim
Eshelman
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 - Spyware Warrior HijackThis
forum
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

General:
http://forum.aumha.org/ - look under "Security" for various forums
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Malke
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