Re: Unable to Connect to IE Explorer (Though not a Modem or Router
- From: "Alex" <Alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:09:02 -0800
That's rather hard for me to believe, as my computer had its entire hard
drive swiped just before I received it back due to a Motherboard/BIOS issue
which prevented it from so much as booting. The only applications I've
downloded since are for gaming (Warcraft III, World of Warcraft), one for
images (use it convert images - IrfranView), and two Spyware removing apps.
(Ad-aware and Spybot - Search and Destroy). It came installed with the latest
Norton AntiVirus Edition and given that it's constantly active and that there
has been no warning of any malware/spyware/viruses coming up on the system,
it just seems highly unlikely. Would there be any way to just diretly remove
all of the IE files associated with the computer (without it suffering any
lasting farm) and then running the re-installation program?
"Jan Il" wrote:
> Hi Alex :-)
>
> It is sounding more and more like you have some form of malware on your
> system, as this error is often associated with spyware or malware. Try the
> following to clean your machine and see if that resolves the problem. Even
> if you have tried some of the programs, such as AdAware or SpyBot, if you
> have not run them fully updated and in Safe Mode, please do so again. There
> are some types of malware that hides in Windows files when it is in use, and
> running in Safe Mode, which bypasses loading Windows will allow the programs
> to detect and remove them. If not removed properly, some variants can
> continue to replicate themselves every time you reboot, reinfecting you
> machine when you think it should be clean.
>
> Courtesy of Frank Saunders -
>
> What You Should Know About Spyware
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx
>
> Help with Hijackware
> All MS - MVP Sites.
> (http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
> (http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
> (http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
> (http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm)
> (http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)
>
> Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jan :)
> MS MVP - IE [DTS/AumHa]
> Smiles are meant to be shared,
> that's why they're so contagious.
>
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>
>
> > Boy, another message. Ok. So, I tried saving the link directly to the
> > desktop
> > (lo' and behold it was apparently an application itself) and then running
> > the
> > application, but then I received a Windows prompt which stated the
> > following:
> > "Cannot import (Link to the File on the Hard Drive): The specified file is
> > not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from
> > within
> > the registry editor."
> >
> > So are there any other steps I can take that you know of to sort this out?
> > I
> > think another "Thank You for Making My Day!" is in order; hope you're not
> > getting tired of them yet.
>
>
>
.
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