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RE: Adware/Spyware (maybe a virus) that limits connectivity for windows

Subject: RE: Adware/Spyware (maybe a virus) that limits connectivity for windows network interface
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:50:19 -0600
This fix (winsockxpfix.exe) has done the trick. I had to spend another
day trying to remove additional spyware from one system to make it work,
but both are finally up and talking. Great thanks to all who replied! 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Wheeler [mailto:wheeler@lanl.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:58 PM
To: Dan Denton; focus-virus@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Adware/Spyware (maybe a virus) that limits connectivity for
windows network interface


Dan
Your winsock may have gotten corrupted by the adware/spyware

Try KB 811259
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811259
and KB 299357
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299357

And a couple of PC Magazine articles on the subject
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1641363,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1679728,00.asp

At 10:08 AM 11/1/2004, Dan Denton wrote:
A company who I do consulting for has had 2 machines in the past 2 
months who have been infected with adware and spyware who's network 
interface shows "Limited or no connectivity". The first was some time

Matthew
Los Alamos National Laboratory



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