Re: Cant view anything from www.Microsoft.com!??

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 03:04:37 -0500

"Iby" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:079501c4250f$cc17de70$a301280a@phx.gbl
> Hey,
>
> For some odd reason I no longer can connect to
> http://www.microsoft.com, this is my Homepage and it has
> been viewable ever since the last update and now when I
> try to access Microsoft.com it just hangs or timeouts.
> All I have to say is WHY microsoft! WHY, thanks for
> screwing me over. Also my login time has increased
> dramatcially, it now takes 3-4 mins to log in when it
> used to be 10 seconds or even sooner! I just want to know
> if anyone can help me please. Is it possible these are
> not offical Microsoft patchs? In addition anyone using
> Norton 2004 Professional because like all my other
> problems after patching my system Norton's Live Update no
> longer stays enabled, anyone know what services I need to
> enable to get this going again? Thanks so much, sorry for
> the many questions I'm just eager to get my system back
> to normal and never patch again until Windows XP SP2.
> Also I have tried running Ad-aware, Spybot S+D, and even
> renamed my host file with no success.
>
>
> PS: System Specs
>
> Windows XP SP1
> 512MB DDR Ram
> AMD Athlon XP 1600+ 1.6 Ghz
> 80 Gig Hard Drive
> Nvidia Geforce 4 MX/MX 440 128 MB
> Internet Explorer 6 SP1

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread. 

-- 
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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