Winsock issues

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I generally leave my systm running and online for days at a time. My question
relates to thissomewhat, as I think that I have aquired something that is
leaving my system vulnerable...
When I leave my system on overnight, there is always some issue with the
Winsock catalog that causes some programs not to connect to the internet. So
I have to go through the Network Diagnostics in IE7's Tools menu. This is how
I discovered that this is a Winsock issue. Now I don't know how it ges to
this; what makes the catalog screw up, but I do know that whenever I close an
IE7 window, an error msg comes up and all windows have to close. Any info
would be helpful. I am running AMD Athlon 64X2 dcp 3800+, 1 gb corsair ram,
500gb hdd (200gb & 300gb)
xforce GT6200 video (pci), a dvd burner and a cd burner. Any takers?
 
larry_lavaughn said:
I generally leave my systm running and online for days at a time. My question
relates to thissomewhat, as I think that I have aquired something that is
leaving my system vulnerable...
When I leave my system on overnight, there is always some issue with the
Winsock catalog that causes some programs not to connect to the internet. So
I have to go through the Network Diagnostics in IE7's Tools menu. This is how
I discovered that this is a Winsock issue. Now I don't know how it ges to
this; what makes the catalog screw up, but I do know that whenever I close an
IE7 window, an error msg comes up and all windows have to close. Any info
would be helpful. I am running AMD Athlon 64X2 dcp 3800+, 1 gb corsair ram,
500gb hdd (200gb & 300gb)
xforce GT6200 video (pci), a dvd burner and a cd burner. Any takers?
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Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
RootkitRevealer v1.71
By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx


Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html

Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (offline scanner):
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/

After the scan run disk cleanup on your drive.

Open a run command and type in:
ipconfig /flushdns click [OK]
ipconfig /renew click [OK]
netsh winsock reset [OK]

Or download this tool the winsock fix to do it Auto:
http://www.nasstec.co.uk/tools.html
Execute and Reboot your machine.

HTH.
nass
 
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