Re: serious problem

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 02:03:58 -0500

What is the name of the virus? In the meantime, if you haven't done so
already, run HijackThis:
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Delete Winsock2 from Services: Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

Then run line 155 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 

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"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message 
news:gCy_c.122464$Np3.5206575@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>> ok, i am at the end, about two seconds from throwing the comp.  first off 
>> my OS is XP home.  i have a nasty vius, tried all anti viruses.  AVG 7, 
>> Trend PC-cillin, Norton and McAffe. i have Ad-aware and Spybot S&D.  i 
>> run all those on start up!!! didnt get rid of the problem. have 
>> downloaded every patch, YOU (microsoft) have told me too when i get a NEW 
>> virus from a scan.  I even installed SP2.  Now, i just reformatted my 
>> entire hard disk.  I still have the same problem.  Something is killing 
>> my internet connection, i have to refresh a million times to get to 
>> pages, three hours to get here.  something is continuously downloading, i 
>> dont know where or what but my connection is showing recieved bytes all 
>> the time, it nev er stops.  on the net or not!!!  I am soryy most of this 
>> is VENTING, but this SUCKS, is there anyway to Really Completely format 
>> the hard disk, because formatting through the OS disk didnt work. 
>> Anything would probably help, please speak english i dont know fancy 
>> programming jargon!!!
>
> As I've mentioned many times elsewhere, a great way to be really sure that 
> your harddrive doesn't contain anything you don't want on it is to use the 
> diagnostics floppy that you can get (or download) from your harddrive 
> maker, and use it to write zeros to the entire drive. This process, 
> loosely known as a "low level format" (although it isn't, really) takes a 
> few hours on large drives, but when it is done, you know that nothing at 
> all is hiding on your harddrive. That way, you start from ground zero, so 
> to speak. If a virus reappears, you know it was introduced by something 
> you did during the reinstall process.
>
> Install Windows XP, then immediately pull its teeth by turning off around 
> three-quarters of its services, and turning off most of the functions in 
> Internet Explorer. Visit this site before attempting the reinstallation, 
> and copy it to a CD or second harddrive so that you can refer to it after 
> reinstalling XP:
>
> http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
>
> This guy Black Viper may look weird, but he should get a freakin' medal 
> from Microsoft for doing its work for it.
>
> Next, most important of all, *never* ever use Internet Explorer for 
> anything ever again. No, I'm not joking. Yes, I'm serious. Yes, I really 
> mean never. If you are wise, you will also never use Outlook Express for 
> anything, ever. Get another mail and news program. These functions are 
> built into Mozilla, by the way.
>
> From CD or another hard drive on you computer, install Mozilla (free) as 
> your browser. Install a firewall such as ZoneAlarm or Sygate (both free). 
> Install an antivirus such as AVG or Avast (both free). Don't connect to 
> the Internet to get these programs. Download them before you even begin 
> the reinstallation. Install them before you connect to the Net for the 
> first time.
>
> You should also install AdAware and Spyware Search & Destroy at this time, 
> before connecting to the Net.
>
> Only after all these programs are installed, working, and properly 
> configured, and you have your computer running as you want it to run, 
> should you venture onto the Internet.

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