Re: Winsock



Dave

I will update you, the result, after I do what you suggested. Thanks for you
help

Thank you
--
Raghu Ollakal
System Administrator


"David H. Lipman" wrote:

> From: "Ollakal" <ollakal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> | Hi
> |
> | On my Dell laptop, I am running Windows 2000 Professional, form last week
> | onwards, when ever I try to open internet Explorer, I am getting this error
> | message
> | “C:\\win32\winsock dns error". How can I fix this problem? I have IE 6.0. Do
> | I need to reinstall IE? Appreciate some help
> |
> | --
> | Raghu Ollakal
> | System Administrator
>
> C:\\win32\winsock ????
>
> That's not a valid location.
>
> It should be...
>
> %windir%\system32\wsock32.dll
>
> Dump the contents of the IE Temporary Internet Folder cache (TIF)
> Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Internet Options --> Delete Files
>
> Dump the contents of the Mozilla FireFox Cache { if you use FireFox }
> Tools --> Options --> Privacy --> Cache --> Clear
>
>
> Download CLEAN.EXE from the URL --
> http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/clean.exe
>
> It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter
> { http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, two Kixtart scripts, two Link
> (.lnk) files and a PDF instruction file.
>
> GETFILES.BAT -- For downloading (FTP) the files needed to run the McAfee Command Line
> Scanner. If you are using Windows XP, you may have to disable the Windows XP FireWall to
> allow the FTP utility to download the needed files
>
> CLEAN.BAT -- For running within Windows after running c:\mcafee\GetFiles.BAT. If you choose
> to scan again at a future date, run this batch file. It will automatically check the date
> of the McAfee DAT files and if it is a couple of days old, it will download (FTP) the latest
> signature files and install them before performing the scan.
>
> DOSCLEAN.BAT -- For use on a Win9x/ME PC or on a Win2K/WinXP PC that is using FAT32 after
> you have booted from an Emergency Boot Disk or DOS disk and have already executed;
> c:\mcafee\GetFiles.BAT from within Windows. DOS disk boot images can be obtained from;
> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
>
> I need you to perform the following...
>
> Execute; CLEAN.EXE
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; c:\mcafee\GetFiles.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'GetFiles Link' in c:\mcafee }
>
> Reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot]
>
> Shutdown as many applications as possible !
> It would also help for you to read - "How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
>
> Execute; c:\mcafee\CLEAN.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Clean Link' in c:\mcafee }
>
> A final report in HTML format called C:\mcafee\ScanReport.HTML will be generated. At the
> end of the scan, it will be displayed in your browser (Opera, FireFox or Internet Explorer).
> It is suggested that you move the report out of c:\mcafee before performing another scan.
> It would be a good idea to scan in Safe Mode and in Normal Mode and save a copy of the HTML
> report for each session.
>
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
>
.



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