Re: No response for 10mins after connecting to Internet

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From: Nick Burns (thedoc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 20:38:54 -0500

"baffled" <rcohn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0BC4C246-E208-47E8-B1F2-DF8E7D262DFC@microsoft.com...
> Have dial-up connection to internet (thanks to lack of broadband service
in my area!!) and currently find that after I connect, I cannot run any
program for about 10 mins after connecting ( even shut down and taskmgr
won't run). I was infected but have updated virus protection (NAV) and
Windows upate, have checked and my PC is virus free.
>
> If I start PC and don't connect to Internet then all programs run fine.
If i start up programs before connecting to internet then they run fine
after connecting, it just seems that if i start the dial-up connection then
try to open a program, thats when everything runs slow.
>
> Is this somehing to do with the sasser virus? I was infected with it but
have updated virus protection (NAV) and Windows upate, and checked that my
PC is virus free (have checked with microsoft and Norton tools).
>
>

Virus software prevents virus, they don't fix the damage done by the virus.

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