Spyware messed up ICS ?

My youngest son managed to get some spyware or adware on his PC. I think he
had IEsearchbar, Blazefind and maybe others. I got rid of them for him and
then ran SpyBot to clean everything up. Now he can't get back onto the
internet. We use "Internet Connection Sharing" with my PC as the host. All
other PC's connect OK. I created a new OS (WIn ME) on a spare hard disc and
everything works fine, so not a hardware problem. I found his winsock.dll
file had been altered so corrected it, but no improvement. Anyone any ideas?
Thanks Steve Smyth

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:nQkJb.6746$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My youngest son managed to get some spyware or adware on his PC. I think
he
> had IEsearchbar, Blazefind and maybe others. I got rid of them for him and
> then ran SpyBot to clean everything up. Now he can't get back onto the
> internet. We use "Internet Connection Sharing" with my PC as the host. All
> other PC's connect OK. I created a new OS (WIn ME) on a spare hard disc
and
> everything works fine, so not a hardware problem. I found his winsock.dll
> file had been altered so corrected it, but no improvement. Anyone any
ideas?
> Thanks Steve Smyth
>
>

Carey
Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that the network was still
working fine and only ICS was a problem. I received the following reply from
another news group and got the following answer. LSP-Fix sorted my problem
out and I now have a very happy eleven year old
Thanks again

Steve Smyth

> I found his winsock.dll
> file had been altered so corrected it, but no improvement

Check if it's damaged. Go here, download, and install this free tool :
LSP-Fix
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

If the Winsock stack has been damaged it will inform you and attempt a
repair. *Most* of the time this is successful.


"Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
>
> Carey
>
> "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:nQkJb.6746$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My youngest son managed to get some spyware or adware on his PC. I think
> he
> > had IEsearchbar, Blazefind and maybe others. I got rid of them for him
and
> > then ran SpyBot to clean everything up. Now he can't get back onto the
> > internet. We use "Internet Connection Sharing" with my PC as the host.
All
> > other PC's connect OK. I created a new OS (WIn ME) on a spare hard disc
> and
> > everything works fine, so not a hardware problem. I found his
winsock.dll
> > file had been altered so corrected it, but no improvement. Anyone any
> ideas?
> > Thanks Steve Smyth
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks for that link. Just curious if you had tried Tip #18 on my page
before using the software provided on this link you mentioned?

Thanks,
Carey

"Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:fLmJb.437$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Carey
> Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that the network was still
> working fine and only ICS was a problem. I received the following reply
from
> another news group and got the following answer. LSP-Fix sorted my problem
> out and I now have a very happy eleven year old
> Thanks again
>
> Steve Smyth
>
> > I found his winsock.dll
> > file had been altered so corrected it, but no improvement
>
> Check if it's damaged. Go here, download, and install this free tool :
> LSP-Fix
> http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
>
> If the Winsock stack has been damaged it will inform you and attempt a
> repair. *Most* of the time this is successful.
>
>
> "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
> >
> > Carey
> >
> > "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:nQkJb.6746$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > My youngest son managed to get some spyware or adware on his PC. I
think
> > he
> > > had IEsearchbar, Blazefind and maybe others. I got rid of them for him
> and
> > > then ran SpyBot to clean everything up. Now he can't get back onto the
> > > internet. We use "Internet Connection Sharing" with my PC as the host.
> All
> > > other PC's connect OK. I created a new OS (WIn ME) on a spare hard
disc
> > and
> > > everything works fine, so not a hardware problem. I found his
> winsock.dll
> > > file had been altered so corrected it, but no improvement. Anyone any
> > ideas?
> > > Thanks Steve Smyth
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Carey
I had already tried uninstalling ICS but didn't want to uninstall my network
connection (USB broadband cable modem) as the other two PC's on our network
were able to access the internet OK and I didn't want to alter my (host)
machine.
I'd actually spent the last four evenings trying to figure out the problem
and had read so many pages of info that I didn't read all of your page
(sorry!!)
Just Curious! The person who suggested LSP-Fix was MowGreen (MVP). What is
MVP? I noticed your Tip 18 was Thanks to Microsoft MVP, Steve Winograd.
Probably a stupid question but I'm new to newsgroups>

Thanks

Steve Smyth


"Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for that link. Just curious if you had tried Tip #18 on my page
> before using the software provided on this link you mentioned?
>
> Thanks,
> Carey
>
> "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:fLmJb.437$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Carey
> > Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that the network was
still
> > working fine and only ICS was a problem. I received the following reply
> from
> > another news group and got the following answer. LSP-Fix sorted my
problem
> > out and I now have a very happy eleven year old
> > Thanks again
> >
> > Steve Smyth

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/?SD...=en-us&gssnb=1

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Season's Greetings to one and all!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:mznJb.458$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Carey
> I had already tried uninstalling ICS but didn't want to uninstall my
network
> connection (USB broadband cable modem) as the other two PC's on our
network
> were able to access the internet OK and I didn't want to alter my (host)
> machine.
> I'd actually spent the last four evenings trying to figure out the problem
> and had read so many pages of info that I didn't read all of your page
> (sorry!!)
> Just Curious! The person who suggested LSP-Fix was MowGreen (MVP). What is
> MVP? I noticed your Tip 18 was Thanks to Microsoft MVP, Steve Winograd.
> Probably a stupid question but I'm new to newsgroups>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Smyth
>
>
> "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for that link. Just curious if you had tried Tip #18 on my page
> > before using the software provided on this link you mentioned?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carey
> >
> > "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:fLmJb.437$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Carey
> > > Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that the network was
> still
> > > working fine and only ICS was a problem. I received the following
reply
> > from
> > > another news group and got the following answer. LSP-Fix sorted my
> problem
> > > out and I now have a very happy eleven year old
> > > Thanks again
> > >
> > > Steve Smyth
>
>

Thanks for the link you provided. I added it to Tip #18. An automated
process is always preferred over a manual one.

An MVP is an unpaid support volunteer who is not an official representative
of Microsoft.
They are simply an individuals who Microsoft has acknowledged for their past
generosity and dedication to helping others.

It's just a shame Microsoft using this as a marketing angle to take
advantage and credit for the hard work these people do. I can think of no
other company that would morally or ethically endorse and encourage unpaid
support volunteers that is any where near as financially successful as
Microsoft.

These people deserve to be paid.

Carey

"Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:mznJb.458$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Carey
> I had already tried uninstalling ICS but didn't want to uninstall my
network
> connection (USB broadband cable modem) as the other two PC's on our
network
> were able to access the internet OK and I didn't want to alter my (host)
> machine.
> I'd actually spent the last four evenings trying to figure out the problem
> and had read so many pages of info that I didn't read all of your page
> (sorry!!)
> Just Curious! The person who suggested LSP-Fix was MowGreen (MVP). What is
> MVP? I noticed your Tip 18 was Thanks to Microsoft MVP, Steve Winograd.
> Probably a stupid question but I'm new to newsgroups>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Smyth
>
>
> "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for that link. Just curious if you had tried Tip #18 on my page
> > before using the software provided on this link you mentioned?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carey
> >
> > "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:fLmJb.437$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Carey
> > > Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that the network was
> still
> > > working fine and only ICS was a problem. I received the following
reply
> > from
> > > another news group and got the following answer. LSP-Fix sorted my
> problem
> > > out and I now have a very happy eleven year old
> > > Thanks again
> > >
> > > Steve Smyth
>
>

Carey
Most (if not all) of us don't WANT to be paid - that would rob us of our
independence!

MS do make something of a marketing hype out of the program - but for most
of us the satisfaction and reward is from knowing that there's another user
who is able to make more use of his/her system than they could the day
before. We also learn here - which is why we hang around.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Season's Greetings to one and all!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the link you provided. I added it to Tip #18. An automated
> process is always preferred over a manual one.
>
> An MVP is an unpaid support volunteer who is not an official
representative
> of Microsoft.
> They are simply an individuals who Microsoft has acknowledged for their
past
> generosity and dedication to helping others.
>
> It's just a shame Microsoft using this as a marketing angle to take
> advantage and credit for the hard work these people do. I can think of no
> other company that would morally or ethically endorse and encourage unpaid
> support volunteers that is any where near as financially successful as
> Microsoft.
>
> These people deserve to be paid.
>
> Carey
>
> "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:mznJb.458$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Carey
> > I had already tried uninstalling ICS but didn't want to uninstall my
> network
> > connection (USB broadband cable modem) as the other two PC's on our
> network
> > were able to access the internet OK and I didn't want to alter my (host)
> > machine.
> > I'd actually spent the last four evenings trying to figure out the
problem
> > and had read so many pages of info that I didn't read all of your page
> > (sorry!!)
> > Just Curious! The person who suggested LSP-Fix was MowGreen (MVP). What
is
> > MVP? I noticed your Tip 18 was Thanks to Microsoft MVP, Steve Winograd.
> > Probably a stupid question but I'm new to newsgroups>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Steve Smyth
> >
> >
> > "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Thanks for that link. Just curious if you had tried Tip #18 on my page
> > > before using the software provided on this link you mentioned?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Carey
> > >
> > > "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:fLmJb.437$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Carey
> > > > Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that the network was
> > still
> > > > working fine and only ICS was a problem. I received the following
> reply
> > > from
> > > > another news group and got the following answer. LSP-Fix sorted my
> > problem
> > > > out and I now have a very happy eleven year old
> > > > Thanks again
> > > >
> > > > Steve Smyth
> >
> >
>
>

I can understand and respect that, but I don't think it's right for
Microsoft to exploit it like they do.

Carey

"Noel Paton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Carey
> Most (if not all) of us don't WANT to be paid - that would rob us of our
> independence!
>
> MS do make something of a marketing hype out of the program - but for most
> of us the satisfaction and reward is from knowing that there's another
user
> who is able to make more use of his/her system than they could the day
> before. We also learn here - which is why we hang around.
>
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>
> Season's Greetings to one and all!
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>
> "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for the link you provided. I added it to Tip #18. An automated
> > process is always preferred over a manual one.
> >
> > An MVP is an unpaid support volunteer who is not an official
> representative
> > of Microsoft.
> > They are simply an individuals who Microsoft has acknowledged for their
> past
> > generosity and dedication to helping others.
> >
> > It's just a shame Microsoft using this as a marketing angle to take
> > advantage and credit for the hard work these people do. I can think of
no
> > other company that would morally or ethically endorse and encourage
unpaid
> > support volunteers that is any where near as financially successful as
> > Microsoft.
> >
> > These people deserve to be paid.
> >
> > Carey
> >
> > "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:mznJb.458$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Carey
> > > I had already tried uninstalling ICS but didn't want to uninstall my
> > network
> > > connection (USB broadband cable modem) as the other two PC's on our
> > network
> > > were able to access the internet OK and I didn't want to alter my
(host)
> > > machine.
> > > I'd actually spent the last four evenings trying to figure out the
> problem
> > > and had read so many pages of info that I didn't read all of your page
> > > (sorry!!)
> > > Just Curious! The person who suggested LSP-Fix was MowGreen (MVP).
What
> is
> > > MVP? I noticed your Tip 18 was Thanks to Microsoft MVP, Steve
Winograd.
> > > Probably a stupid question but I'm new to newsgroups>
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Steve Smyth
> > >
> > >
> > > "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Thanks for that link. Just curious if you had tried Tip #18 on my
page
> > > > before using the software provided on this link you mentioned?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Carey
> > > >
> > > > "Steve Smyth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > > news:fLmJb.437$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > > Carey
> > > > > Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that the network
was
> > > still
> > > > > working fine and only ICS was a problem. I received the following
> > reply
> > > > from
> > > > > another news group and got the following answer. LSP-Fix sorted my
> > > problem
> > > > > out and I now have a very happy eleven year old
> > > > > Thanks again
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve Smyth
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Carey Holzman"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Thanks for the link you provided. I added it to Tip #18. An automated
>process is always preferred over a manual one.
>
>An MVP is an unpaid support volunteer who is not an official representative
>of Microsoft.
>They are simply an individuals who Microsoft has acknowledged for their past
>generosity and dedication to helping others.
>
>It's just a shame Microsoft using this as a marketing angle to take
>advantage and credit for the hard work these people do. I can think of no
>other company that would morally or ethically endorse and encourage unpaid
>support volunteers that is any where near as financially successful as
>Microsoft.
>
>These people deserve to be paid.
>
>Carey

Every non-Microsoft employee who answers a question in a Microsoft
news group, including you, Carey, is what you call "an unpaid support
volunteer who is not an official representative of Microsoft." The
only difference is that Microsoft awards some volunteers the MVP
title, as described here:

Frequently asked Questions about the Microsoft MVP Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...;EN-US;mvpfaqs

If Microsoft is taking advantage of MVPs, then it's taking advantage
of you, too.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)