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From: CapCity on 9 Jul 2010 07:58
PC is running XP Pro, SP3. For a few reasons, it has to run XP so upgrading
to Windows 7 is not an option right now.



It recently got hit with that fake Windows Security Alert trojan, where
every time you go to open IE you get all these warnings instead fo the
requested page, and every time you go to launch a Malware or Anti-Virus scan
it blocks the executable.



I got that cleaned out fairly easily, but Internet Explorer (version 6, SP3)
won't load any pages. It always gives a "server not found/DNS error." If I
go to the command line and ping a site, say www.google.com, it works fine.
Only have problems when I try to use the browser. Outlook downloads email
with no problem.



I read somewhere about an IE with no plug-ins in the start menu (system
tools) but I do not have that. I tried disabling all the add-ins manually in
IE but get the same error. The security level is medium.



The thing is, this happened to the same computer a few months back, and
after clearing out the trojan IE was doing the same thing it is now. I tried
some things then, but no luck. I even tried reinstalling IE, and then
updating IE to a newer version with no luck. I ended up formatting the hard
drive and reinstalling Windows since the computer was overdue for that,
running slow because of glut and all. I do not want to do that again, so I'm
hoping to just find out what is wrong with IE.



Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.


From: dadiOH on 9 Jul 2010 08:06
CapCity wrote:
> PC is running XP Pro, SP3. For a few reasons, it has to run XP so
> upgrading to Windows 7 is not an option right now.
>
>
>
> It recently got hit with that fake Windows Security Alert trojan,
> where every time you go to open IE you get all these warnings instead
> fo the requested page, and every time you go to launch a Malware or
> Anti-Virus scan it blocks the executable.
>
>
>
> I got that cleaned out fairly easily, but Internet Explorer (version
> 6, SP3) won't load any pages. It always gives a "server not found/DNS
> error." If I go to the command line and ping a site, say
> www.google.com, it works fine. Only have problems when I try to use
> the browser. Outlook downloads email with no problem.
>
>
>
> I read somewhere about an IE with no plug-ins in the start menu
> (system tools) but I do not have that. I tried disabling all the
> add-ins manually in IE but get the same error. The security level is
> medium.
>
>
> The thing is, this happened to the same computer a few months back,
> and after clearing out the trojan IE was doing the same thing it is
> now. I tried some things then, but no luck. I even tried reinstalling
> IE, and then updating IE to a newer version with no luck. I ended up
> formatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows since the computer
> was overdue for that, running slow because of glut and all. I do not
> want to do that again, so I'm hoping to just find out what is wrong
> with IE.
>
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Dial up? DSL? Cable? Router too?

1. Check the TCP/IP properties in Network Connections. Particulary the part
about obtaining a DNS server.

2. Turn off the modem, router and computer for a minute. Reboot

3. Reset and configure both if you still can't connect.

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____________________________

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From: Nil on 9 Jul 2010 08:32
On 09 Jul 2010, "CapCity" <Cap(a)City.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> I got that cleaned out fairly easily, but Internet Explorer
> (version 6, SP3) won't load any pages. It always gives a "server
> not found/DNS error." If I go to the command line and ping a site,
> say www.google.com, it works fine. Only have problems when I try
> to use the browser. Outlook downloads email with no problem.

Check Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings and make sure it is
not set up to use a proxy server. That's a common tactic that malware
uses to intercept your web activity.
From: Randem on 9 Jul 2010 08:53
Any reason you are still on IE6 instead of IE8?

This may be of some help http://www.randem.com/virusproblems.html

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"CapCity" <Cap(a)City.com> wrote in message
news:5aEZn.23500$_m1.11134(a)news.usenetserver.com...
> PC is running XP Pro, SP3. For a few reasons, it has to run XP so
> upgrading to Windows 7 is not an option right now.
>
>
>
> It recently got hit with that fake Windows Security Alert trojan, where
> every time you go to open IE you get all these warnings instead fo the
> requested page, and every time you go to launch a Malware or Anti-Virus
> scan it blocks the executable.
>
>
>
> I got that cleaned out fairly easily, but Internet Explorer (version 6,
> SP3) won't load any pages. It always gives a "server not found/DNS error."
> If I go to the command line and ping a site, say www.google.com, it works
> fine. Only have problems when I try to use the browser. Outlook downloads
> email with no problem.
>
>
>
> I read somewhere about an IE with no plug-ins in the start menu (system
> tools) but I do not have that. I tried disabling all the add-ins manually
> in IE but get the same error. The security level is medium.
>
>
>
> The thing is, this happened to the same computer a few months back, and
> after clearing out the trojan IE was doing the same thing it is now. I
> tried some things then, but no luck. I even tried reinstalling IE, and
> then updating IE to a newer version with no luck. I ended up formatting
> the hard drive and reinstalling Windows since the computer was overdue for
> that, running slow because of glut and all. I do not want to do that
> again, so I'm hoping to just find out what is wrong with IE.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
>
>


From: CapCity on 9 Jul 2010 09:04

"dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in message
news:9hEZn.191344$Hs4.85308(a)hurricane...
> CapCity wrote:
>> PC is running XP Pro, SP3. For a few reasons, it has to run XP so
>> upgrading to Windows 7 is not an option right now.
>>
>>
>>
>> It recently got hit with that fake Windows Security Alert trojan,
>> where every time you go to open IE you get all these warnings instead
>> fo the requested page, and every time you go to launch a Malware or
>> Anti-Virus scan it blocks the executable.
>>
>>
>>
>> I got that cleaned out fairly easily, but Internet Explorer (version
>> 6, SP3) won't load any pages. It always gives a "server not found/DNS
>> error." If I go to the command line and ping a site, say
>> www.google.com, it works fine. Only have problems when I try to use
>> the browser. Outlook downloads email with no problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> I read somewhere about an IE with no plug-ins in the start menu
>> (system tools) but I do not have that. I tried disabling all the
>> add-ins manually in IE but get the same error. The security level is
>> medium.
>>
>>
>> The thing is, this happened to the same computer a few months back,
>> and after clearing out the trojan IE was doing the same thing it is
>> now. I tried some things then, but no luck. I even tried reinstalling
>> IE, and then updating IE to a newer version with no luck. I ended up
>> formatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows since the computer
>> was overdue for that, running slow because of glut and all. I do not
>> want to do that again, so I'm hoping to just find out what is wrong
>> with IE.
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
>
> Dial up? DSL? Cable? Router too?

Good questions. Cable modem, w router.

>
> 1. Check the TCP/IP properties in Network Connections. Particulary the
> part about obtaining a DNS server.
>
> 2. Turn off the modem, router and computer for a minute. Reboot
>
> 3. Reset and configure both if you still can't connect.

Will try when I get home tonight.

>
> --
>
> dadiOH
> ____________________________
>
> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>
>
>


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