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| Subject: | RE: Adware/Spyware (maybe a virus) that limits connectivity for windows network interface |
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| 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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