I wonder if this same kinda "worm" can happen in Vista - which is on my Laptop. Just last night - I started to experience something similar to what you are talking about here. Although - I Must admit - I didn't have the time last night to look deeper. Essentially, the Wifi won't work - it won't connect - and when I try to look for available networks - it claims there are NONE - when, in fact - there are TWO in my house, and my neighbor's usually comes up - along with several others. In some cases in the past - where I have had WiFi problems - I plug in my network cable. But, last night - even THAT would not work. Quite frustrating to say the least.
Tonite I will have to check MS Essentials and see if it found anything - and then also check HW Manager and see if it claims something wrong with the Network/WiFi card in the laptop! -K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 7:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Laptop can't connect to wireless or wired internet Security Essentials quarantined the virus and I removed it. I think the virus is gone, but the damage is left behind. This a friend of a friend, actually. I worked on it for an hour and didn't get anyway, so I didn't charge her. Someone with a better knowledge of Windows 7 is going to have to try to fix it. I wasn't going to take the chance to blow away someone's computer that i didn't know. I don't know if a Win 7 repair would work or not. I booted in safe mode and no connection I tried to do a system restore and there were no restore points before the symptoms. I'm guessing the virus blew the restore points away? I ran ipconfig and got no IP addresses assigned. Nothing. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul McNett <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: Re: Laptop can't connect to wireless or wired internet On 10/8/12 4:17 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > A client looks like she picked up a worm. > > > I didn't write it down, but it was a redirector worm that was caught by > Microsoft Security Essentials after the fact. She can't connect at the > lowest level to the network or wireless. No IP is assigned and the thing > thinks the cable is disconnected. If you know there was a worm on the system, how are you going to rest unless you wipe the system and reinstall Windows from scratch? Paul [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a140e260...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
