RE: Cannot access some websites after virus cleaning

Update: I think I still have the virus. After a few minutes, I got a crash in
Firefox and the following message : WOWEXEC caused an access violation in
ntvdm.exe

Also Spybot informed me that a weird DLL wanted to register itself, I denied
it...

I don't know how to cure the problem for good... I tried many tools to fix
virtumonde to no avail...

Please help me to find the best option...

Alex

--
Alex



"Alex" wrote:

Hi,

I experience huge issues with my laptop since I was infected by Virtumonde
earlier this week.

I managed to clean Virtumonde by using spybot, but even though the virus
seems to have disappeared, I still experience huge problems with Internet
browsing.

I can access some websites like Lenovo, FreeCall, Free, my router, my bank,

but I cannot access other websites such as www.lemonde.fr, linkedin,
facebook, oanda, smartmoney...

that's weird, that seem that a pipe is blocked or something filtering the
DNS, only allowing some sites... but ping and resolving is OK!

I tried flushing DNS to no avail, I have cleared all my caches and temp
files to no avail, I have tried with deactivating the fw to no avail... I
dont know what to do...

I could not find anything on the Internet...

Here is the symptom: when I start www.facebook.com (or another website),
firefox displays Waiting for www.facebook.com... in the status bar and
nothing else happens....

The problem is also similar with IE7 and I cannot access Windows Update.

I tried upgrading to Firefox 3, but the problem remains. I am on Windows XP
OEM SP2... I am hesitating installing SP3, I don't think that would solve the
problem.

I checked my router and it seems OK, since other PC on the same router have
no problem accessing any website.

I think the mess was created when I tried to eradicate the virus... also my
MS Office seems corrupted, when I try to launch Excel, he asks for CD.
Winword and Outlook are fine though.

I have been using Windows PCs for 15 years and I am an IT professional, but
that's the first time I see something like that. I am getting crazy...

Any help would be very much appreciated; do u think I should reinstall
Windows, or is there anything else I could try? Any kind of test to indentify
the problem?

Cheers,

Alex

--
Alex

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: NetSurf and JavaScript
    ... superb enough to get you into 99% of websites - it even does Google Maps. ... The Windows 95 comment and the old hardware were separate issues. ... Firefox does to here - in fact, NetSurf and Firefox take approximately ...
    (comp.sys.acorn.apps)
  • Re: Windows XP Home Edition shuts down randomly
    ... "laserlynn" wrote in message ... > Is it possible that after visiting certain websites, Windows XP could shut ... > it was up to date when this happened, and, after a virus scan, no virus ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: NetSurf and JavaScript
    ... (especially if it fully supported older versions of windows, ... the latest firefox), because it may attract enough users that more ... websites will drop their requirement for javascript. ...
    (comp.sys.acorn.apps)
  • Windows XP Home Edition shuts down randomly
    ... Is it possible that after visiting certain websites, Windows XP could shut ... It happened when I was websurfing in the middle of the night. ... it was up to date when this happened, and, after a virus scan, no virus has ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: alternative web browsers...
    ... for anything other than windows updates on Windows systems for ... IE to browse websites, corporate or otherwise. ... Safari, Firefox or Camino, or if there are others... ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
Loading