Strange problem restricting internet / network access [strange problem] [internet network]
Q: This is really a strange problem and I can not seem to go anywhere you get, maybe someone has something similar:
Yesterday Just before I have seen at work to leave, I installed a copy of WS_FTP 2007 and then turned the computer, and before I left again and put in the authorization codes. Today I came in, and this computer is acting very strange. I can not see sites from any browser or get POP email through Outlook Express. Strangely, I can IMAP e-mail download Firefox, can I get my Kaspersky antivirus update, I can pass files back and forth through the Network Neighborhood, and I can view websites and downloading Outlook Express e-mail at startup in safe mode with networking support 0.
I WS_FTP removed, and it has not helped at all. Its almost like something is blocking a few ports. I tried to the IP address of my router, and I can not see that either. Oh, the operating system is Windows XP SP2. Does anyone have any idea what is happening here?
Thanks for funny ring me.
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Best Answer: Try turning off Windows Firewall, and logging into your router and putting your computer on the DMZ. Look in your manual on how to do that.
Re:Nothing seemed to help, I even got Gateway tech support and they had me run sfc /scannow to check file integrity. Get this: Some files came up bad, but it NEEDS A CD TO REPLACE THEM!! This is too hilarious. I'm not saying Gateway is stupid. . . or that they didn't think this through before they put these out on the market, but dayum. I'm hog-tied without the CD's.
So just for s**ts and giggles I uninstalled Norton Anti-Spam, and viola! I have internet access again. I have no idea what's going on. I'd still like to nuke this PC just to be safe.
Re:Alrighty, I'll give that a shot. Maybe that will bail me out. Thanks, guys!
Re:Search microsoft for "repair tcp/ip stack"
That might do it.
Re:I apologize for the short description. It's a SOHO and I've done a complete system scan with Kaspersky. All it found was a few tracking cookies, no real virus threats.
Re:Could you describe the network more? company net or SOHO?
Also there's the "scrub the computer for spyware/viruses" approach.
Re:Any more suggestions? I'm seriously thinking about nuking this computer, it'll be a pain in the arse, but I can't have this computer dead in the water like this for any longer.
Re:I'm awfully sure that isn't the case, but I'll definitely check and see if WS_FTP tried to put a server on here, I hadn't even thought of that.
Re:If this is an office enrionment you could have been scanned (see that you're running an FTP server) and blocked.
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