Hi,
This is possibly being caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite)
Work through the solutions (CWShredder, Ad-aware, Spybot) at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Also note the security tips on that
page.
Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight
http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
More security tips at
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm
Some malware programs, or the removal of some malware programs, can damage
winsock files. Use the appropriate (for your OS) winsock repair tool from
this list. You can try the appropriate winsock repair tool both before and
after removing parasites, spyware, etc.
LSPFix- all versions of Windows
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.zip
Winsock2 Fix- Win98, ME
http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/internetaccess/winsock2fix.html
WinsockXP Fix- WinXP
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
Also, with instructions, at
http://www.iup.edu/house/resnet/winfix.shtm
From LavaSoft- all versions of Windows-
http://digital-solutions.co.uk/lavasoft/whndnfix.zip
There are many other possible solutions for this problem at
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#dns
Hope this helps,
Don
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