Re: Reinstalling IE/OE
- From: "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:16:12 -0400
Filling in for Frank who's traveling right now:
When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**
-- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
Brian204845 wrote:
Thanks for all your help Frank. I downloaded adaware, and the TrendMicro spyware hunter and used both, found a number of things and then dumped everything. What next?
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:
"Brian204845" <Brian204845@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:07F25EE0-1B49-436C-AF23-CAAF775CC468@xxxxxxxxxxxxxI tried to unstall sp2 using add/remove programs and got a warning window saying "An error occurred when trying to remove WindowsXP Service Pack 2. It may have already been uninstalled." When I checked the system information in Control Panel is says Win XP Pro Service Pack 2 is installed. Where should I go from here?
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:
"Brian204845" <Brian204845@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:914A66FF-35DB-42CD-8071-5521A1C7EB26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxI have a big aluminum softball bat that I'm about to use on this laptop. Microsoft Update will not allow me to try to download sp2 again to reinstall. When I bypass MS Update and find a downloadable sp2 it is for developers and is useless for me. Frustration level is VERY high - seems like EVERY option is closed to me. IS there anyone at Microsoft who has any idea how to fix this or is it some kind of deliberate "attack" by Microsoft. I have been on Microsoft communities for a week now and no one has been able to help. I just want to getr rid of IE/OE so I can re-install it. This should be simple and if it's not then someone at MS needs to invest some of those trillions of dollars profit into fixing this. I'm forced by MS to have IE whether its working or not!!! Thos is ridiculous.
Does anyone know if Apple OS can be installed on a PC - it's enough to make me want to go back to Macs.
"Brian204845" wrote:
Having rediculous problems with IE/OE in XP Pro SP2. I need to dump both and reinstall but downloading stops when it determines that I am using the same version it is trying to install. This should be easy to do but I assume this problem is because IE is imbedded in XP. Is there anything I can do here or should I just move to Linux?
How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 Make sure your anti-virus is turned off. The section Windows XP and Windows XP SP1: Edit the registry and install Internet Explorer 6 works on earlier versions of Windows. If you added WinXP SP2 you will have to uninstall that first.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
I don't know what has happened to make Windows thing SP2 might have been uninstalled and therefor no idea how to fix that. Perhaps the first step is to attack the problems.
First eliminate any spyware. What You Should Know About Spyware http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx
CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stact. Before
you try to remove spyware using any of these programs , download a copy of
LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks (all Windows
versions) so that the program will be available after removing the spyware.
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
In WinXP SP2: You can fix Winsock by going to Start | Run and typing
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset
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.intermute.com/products/cwshredder
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 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.
See this link for information about malware: http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars
If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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