Hello I'm back again, I have been getting help from Wooofff and EchoLi with reference to my can't find server problem. Using ping with my isp, google, yahoo and computing.net, I get request timed out on my new and old computers. I see in my internet connections, it shows the following address-http://proxycfg.netsetter.com/gencfd-. I don't know what this address is and I was wondering if spyware, adware or whatever dumped this in my computer or this is a correct address. Something is blocking the communication between my computer and my isp, my machine is very sluggish, freezes up for one to four minutes and has this can't find server thrown in. I scanned for a virus and trojans, both machines are clean. There was alot of adware that adaware did not erase, thank to Wooofff, I found another program to scan for this spam. I am at a loss to figure out what could be causing this communications problem, hopefully, i can get more input from the great people of this website, thanking you again, charlie

Can you ping any of your other computers on your local network without any timeout issues? Look at the following link for some info on the URL you mentioned earlier: http://www.laborspeaks.com/Discussion21/_disc21/00000949.htm Do have netsetter set up a a proxy server on your system? Try removing it if so and check your ping responses. Leo

Hello Leo, I get timed out of all four websites. I don't know what netsetter is, I will delete it and see what happens, I will also visit that website you suggested. Thank you for your help, charlie

1) Inside Internet Explorer, * Click on the Tools Menu. * From the dropdown menu, Click on Internet Options ... * The Internet Options dialog box will appear. * In the dialog box, click on the "Connections" tab at the top. 1.a) If you are using Dial-up or a modem. - When the Connections tab appears, look in the area called Dial-Up settings. - Click on the top entry in the list of Dial-Up Settings. - Then, click on the "Settings" button to the right of the listing. - The Dial-Up Settings dialog box will appear. - On this page, 2 fields need to be cleared. - Delete the long string inside the "Address" input box. - Uncheck the "Use automatic configuration script" dialog box. - Click on "OK". - If there are multiple entries under the Dial-Up Settings, the last 7 steps will need to be done for each of these. (i.e. click on the entry, click on Settings, remove the settings, click on ok) 1.b) If you are not using Dial-up. - When the Connections tab appears, click on the button "LAN Settings ..." - The Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box will appear. - On this page, 2 fields need to be cleared. - Delete the long string inside the "Address" input box. - Uncheck the "Use automatic configuration script" dialog box. - This section is done. - Click on "OK". - This will return you to the "Connections" tab. 2) For all users, regardless of connection type. * The Internet Options dialog box should be displayed (If it's not, click on Tools, Internet Options ... to display) * With the dialog box showing, click on the "General" tab at the top. * When the General tab appears, click on the "Languages" button. * This will open the Languages dialog box. * There you may see several lines under language, some starting with x-ns. * Click on the one in the list that looks like "User Defined [x-ns] ..." (it's probably the 2nd one in the list). * Click on the "Remove" button to the right. * Repeat the last 2 steps for the other "User Defined [x-ns] ... " line NOTE: Make sure you leave your main language, probably "English [en]" * After done, click on OK to close the Language Preferences Dialog Box. 3) Close Internet Explorer. You are now unconfigured from the Netsetter network.

You have an 'automatic configuration script' setting pointing at the domain 'netsetter.com'!!!!! Bad News!!! Netsetter is Foistware/Spyware, an unwanted application program that comes along, trojan-style, with completely unrelated software. Usually because some jerk is getting paid to foist it on your system whether you want it or not. Since they tag along with so many different pieces of third-party software, it is not uncommon to get re-infected with these foistware products again and again. To remove Netsetter In IE: * Click on the Tools Menu. * From the dropdown menu, Click on Internet Options * The Internet Options dialog box will appear. * In the dialog box, click on the "Connections" tab at the top. If you are using Dial-up or a modem: - When the Connections tab appears, look in the area called Dial-Up settings. - Click on the top entry in the list of Dial-Up Settings. - Then, click on the "Settings" button to the right of the listing. - The Dial-Up Settings dialog box will appear. - On this page, 2 fields need to be cleared. - Delete the long string inside the "Address" input box. - Uncheck the "Use automatic configuration script" dialog box. - Click on "OK". - If there are multiple entries under the Dial-Up Settings, the last 7 steps will need to be done for each of these. (i.e. click on the entry, click on Settings, remove the settings, click OK) If you are not using Dial-up. - When the Connections tab appears, click on the button "LAN Settings ..." - The Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box will appear. - On this page, 2 fields need to be cleared. - Delete the long string inside the "Address" input box. - Uncheck the "Use automatic configuration script" dialog box. - This section is done. - Click on "OK". - This will return you to the "Connections" tab. For all users, regardless of connection type. * The Internet Options dialog box should be displayed (If it's not, click on Tools> Internet Options to display) * With the dialog box showing, click on the "General" tab at the top. * When the General tab appears, click on the "Languages" button. * This will open the Languages dialog box. * There you may see several lines under language, some starting with x-ns. * Click on the one in the list that looks like "User Defined [x-ns] ..." (it's probably the 2nd one in the list). * Click on the "Remove" button to the right. * Repeat the last 2 steps for the other "User Defined [x-ns] ... " line NOTE: Make sure you leave your main language, probably "English [en]" * After done, click on OK to close the Language Preferences Dialog Box. 3) Close Internet Explorer. You are now unconfigured from the Netsetter network. Further checkup to insure the use of Netsetter (http://proxycfg.netsetter.com/gencfd) proxy serveris disabled: In IE, look under: Tools>Internet Options. Go to: Connections and under each connection listed, look under: Settings. If you see: Use Proxy Server checked, uncheck it. And/or if you see: Use Automatic Configuration Script checked, and see Netsetter in the address, uncheck that also.

I was impressed by "Blue Front"'s knowledge and one day, I have a question to ask about some of the settings in IE6/OE6, re. Connection/Settings etc. Will come back to this later. Regards, Victor 5.05am 24/10/02 London

charlie, charlie, charlie... Have you been trying to download a web accelerator and got zapped with Netsetter??? Bad.... Look for a possible entry in Startup: NSCheck"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\NSCHECK.exe / That is NetSetter, also known as Marketscore. Get rid of it. There is a utility called PestPatrol, known for being able to remove Netsetter Adware/Spyware. Check it out at: http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/alpha_index.asp Also, Spybot may be able to do the job. There may also be other issues. Post back if you need help.