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Hello everyone,
I was hoping someone might be able to help me out. I went home for the holidays, and when I returned to school, I couldn't get online. My roommates are having no problems, so I know it's something to do with my computer. When I open IE, it says that I am "Working Offline," and the browser appears to be loading my homepage, but the whole window "flickers" and I hear a very fast-paced clicking sound. I have tried rebooting and checking my ethernet cable, etc., and all seems fine.
A friend of mine thinks it's a spyware/virus, but I have run a full system scan, Ad-Aware, and Hijackthis and have found nothing. What can I possibly do? Reinstall TCP/IP? Any other thoughts?
Thank you!!
Are all of your cables tightly connected? Is there a green light in the back of your computer? Try making sure the cable is good, use a different cable and see if it works. That is always the first thing to do. If that isnt it, then check your Internet Properties. It could be the TCP/IP Protocol.
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I do have a green light at the back of my computer, and the cable is tightly connected. TCP/IP doesn't show any problems when I look at the properties for my network card, either.
Is a system restore my best option in this case then?
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I could have sworn I typed a response...
(strange, it seems to have disappeared)...
The answwer is yes, that will probably be your easiest option.
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My advice is ask your technicians if they disconeccted you for inactivity or some other reason before you start thinking of doing anything to your pc. it may be a error from the socket on the wall to there server. nothing to do with your pc or cable
Athlon xp 2000+ @1.7
pc 2100 256mb ram
radeon 8500
win xp home oem
several other things
new pc on way
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Well, my cable runs directly from my computer to our router, and my 3 roommates are also connected to that router, so I don't think that would be the problem, if I understand you correctly.
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okay sorry i was unsure of your setup. i thought you might be on a huge lan as part of your school. can you try this for me.
get one of your firends to download mozilla firefox setup and put it on disk for you. install it and see if you can get on the net with using that as your browser. if you can then we'll work on fixing ie.Athlon xp 2000+ @1.7
pc 2100 256mb ram
radeon 8500
win xp home oem
several other things
new pc on way
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Okay, I tried installing Firefox and that doesn't work either. It says it cannot find the website I'm trying to get to. What would you recommend next?
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try repairing ie.
running system file checker.
reinstalling your ethernet card.
make sure your router is letting you through.
try your pc in a different port on the router.
try reinstalling tcp/ipAthlon xp 2000+ @1.7
pc 2100 256mb ram
radeon 8500
win xp home oem
several other things
new pc on way
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Could you please explain how to do the following:
try repairing ie.
running system file checker.
make sure your router is letting you through.
try reinstalling tcp/ipThanks!
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well have you tried your cable in a different port in the router.
to run system file checker
hit start run then type "sfc /scannow"
without the "" and making sure a space is between sfc and /
you'll need your os disk to do this.i am unfamiliar with your router or routers in general. does it have an inbuilt firewall.?
to reinstall tcp/ip open network connections
and properties of your lan. then remove and reinstall tcp/ip will need win xp disk possibly.
just out of interest have you installed sp2 recently and turned on the internet firewall?also have you checked for spyware viruses etc
Athlon xp 2000+ @1.7
pc 2100 256mb ram
radeon 8500
win xp home oem
several other things
new pc on way
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I've tried changing the router port and no luck.
The router does not have a built-in firewall, no.
And unfortunately I don't have my XP disk (my computer came with the OS already installed, and I never got a disk), so I can't do any of that stuff. Oh dear.
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ok have you checked for spyware viruses?
try add/remove programs and uninstall internet explorer.
Athlon xp 2000+ @1.7
pc 2100 256mb ram
radeon 8500
win xp home oem
several other things
new pc on way
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I ran a full scan using PC-Cillin and it found nothing. Then I ran Hijackthis and nothing. Then I ran Ad-Aware and it found two possible browser hijack attempts, but I'm surprised that Hijackthis did not detect them.
Also, if I uninstall IE, won't I lose all my Favorites?
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Ok i haven't read all the responses yet buthas anyone thought about cheaking the driver and devices are working properly????
if you right click on my computer and then properties abd the vlick on the hardware Tab at the top of the box that gas just appeared and the click on the device manager and just dee if it isn't your network card.
Another possibilty is to remove IE componenet and then add the component back if you have problems with not having a disk you van download IE off the internet using your friends computer and CDs
Good Luck
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hijack this creates a index and you choose what to delete.
SpyBot
http://beam.to/spybotsd
Once you have the program installed , open SpyBot and select the "Immunize" icon on the left & Click on Immunize , in the new page .
Permanently running bad download blocker for Internet Explorer .
Select > Block all bad pages silently & click Install .
Then check the box "lock hosts file read-only as protection against hijackers".
SpyBot lock host files greyed out
If it doesn't have a hosts file you cant lock it, so that tweak will be grayed out.
Have SpyBot install its hosts file.
http://www.zerosrealm.com/immunizing.php
Note: For those running in "Basic" mode you will NOT see this. You must be running in Advanced mode! To get in advanced mode, a really easy way is to go to Start >> All Programs >> Spybot Search and Destroy >> Spybot Search and Destroy (advanced). Click it. You are now in advanced mode.
Select your download site .
Open Spybot Search and Destroy. After clicking the button that says "Search for Updates" you will see 5 items near the top of the window, "Search for Updates", "Download Updates", UniDo(Europe), "Show Log" and "Help". Next to UniDo(Europe) you will see a "down" arrow. Click the "down" arrow and you will see download site choices (3 in Europe, 1 in USA and 1 in Australia).
SpywareBlaster
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.
Freeware
Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
All software offered on this page is free* to download and use and compatible with Windows 98/ME/NT40, Windows 2000 and Windows XP Home and Professional.
Download sites .
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506
Bazooka
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/security_2.html
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?17000000037943
http://www.kephyr.com/
Bazooka is freeware and Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP compatible
Click on the files found & you will be taken to a site that will show you how to remove , either with a program or manually .
It reports on all drives & partitions , so remember to check all these , when doing manual remove .
After the Download - It is important to remember that once the installation of Bazooka is completed , that you should update the File Signatures by clicking on the Update tab and check for an update .
Make sure you Update regularly .
Swat It
http://swatit.org/
Swat It is a Completely FREE program that scans your files for Trojans, Worms, Bots and other Hacker programs. Swat It can detect and remove over 4000 different Trojan programs plus variants. Swat It was recently independently tested against popular commercial scanning software and we were absolutely delighted by the results.try all those programs to remove any spyware.
then reinstall ie.Athlon xp 2000+ @1.7
pc 2100 256mb ram
radeon 8500
win xp home oem
several other things
new pc on way
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