Cannot access some websites after virus cleaning

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: Cannot access some websites after virus cleaning
    ... 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, ... The problem is also similar with IE7 and I cannot access Windows Update. ... I checked my router and it seems OK, since other PC on the same router have no problem accessing any website. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Crashes With ERROR Message
    ... Then When I Could Not Send Email to CONACTS on Websites Like ... "How to determine which version of Internet Explorer is installed". ... So I Clicked MICROSOFT WINDOWS. ... Thats Why I Should UN INSTALL IE 6 & Re Install IE 7 ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • 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: Suggestions please
    ... I mentioned my OS and browser because websites should work in different ... More people using Windows are turning to Mozilla (or its ... want a real html editor. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: OFT say you have our attention on M$
    ... > Okay but don't you think that is the fault of the program ... > the program makers not making linux versions. ... Similarly for websites, although nowadays that's a much weaker ... > If the companies attached themselves to versions of windows and mac ...
    (uk.comp.os.linux)
Loading