Re: [You have a virus] Can not connect to my D-Link router DI-707p at 192.168.0.1

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From: Mark (com_at_dad@hotmail.com.vf)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:18:24 +1000

 Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone and BPR said
> I think you have a virus. This specific virus is NOT detected by any
> Anti-Virus program that I know of.
>
> I have seen this behaviour before at one of my customers. I was
> unable to find the specific problem, and re-formatted the Boot drive,
> re-installed all software to restore normal behaviour.
>
> The single machine on the LAN that was used to manage a DLink DI-604
> was 'hijacked' by background process that I was unable to find. That
> background process 'sleeps' whenever the keyboard or mouse is active,
> but about 15 minutes after the last mouse/keyboard activity ends this
> process contacts one of a long list of unkown servers in the USA ...
> downloads a list of target email addresses and then sends out what
> appears to be SPAM email messages using the SMTP server defined
> (Dlink requires that this server be an OPEN RELAY) on the DI-604 to
> be used to forward the Log files by email.
> I'm pretty sure that your PC is 're-directing' all the http traffic
> from that specific IP address ... probably an un-intended consequence
> of the virus infection.
>
> If you can find the specific problem please post what you find.
>
>
> "Mark" <com@dad@hotmail.com.vf> wrote in message
> news:OovFI4dtEHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> This is the address of my D-link DI-707P router, and I can not
>> connect to it.
>>
>> I cannot connect to this one specific address, I've deleted
>> cookies/history/
>> etc and still I can go anywhere on the WEB but the ONE address I
>> need to connect to? I get the User and password prompt but no
>> further. I am running XP SP2 and untill the other day it was working
>> well. I
>> had some
>> malware and since running a number of cleaning apps, have been no
>> longer able to connect.
>>
>> I can connect from any of the other 3 PC's on my local lan, but not
>> from my PC... I
>> do have a VM installed and from that I can connect. So I have
>> assumed it must be a networking problem on my PC and install.
>>
>> Reinstalled IE 6 as well as SP2 along with some winds*** fixes, but
>> still
>> no joy. I do have the Windows fire wall installed as well as
>> BlackIce and have disabled them both while trouble shooting, but no
>> change. There is the odd time where I get some of the pics and graphics
>> displayed when trying to connect to 192.168.0.1 "opening page
>> http://192.168.0.1/ ... "but it is so slow that even after 10
>> minutes it is not there and the embedded links do not appear to have
>> loaded. A am also able to ping the router with no problem.
>>
>>

FIXED :-)

Even though I uninstalled and tried many tricks - still no fix, then I had a
thought ..........

Slipstreamed SP2 and did a "Upgrade" thus what ever the error setting /
dll/ reg / etc was, i do not know BUT my problem is now resolved.

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