Remote possibility that your ethernet adapter has been set to turn itself off when idle.
There's also a chance, when you get one item of malware, you often get more than one, and some hide from detection better than others. So there could be something else still at work on your system. If you can run through the details of what "some doing" entailed, it would help us determine whether the above is likely. Or just try all of the tools listed below. For best results: 1. Download the tools. 2. Install and update them. 3. Boot into safe mode. 4. Scan with the tools. While in safe mode also scan with your AV software. Tools: http://snipurl.com/MSAntispy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ http://www.ewido.net/en/ http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eve Golden Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: DSL connection "not available" -- spyware result? Hi, all -- I got a trojan (Virtumundo) yesterday by stupidly clicking "cancel" on one of those counterfeit dialog boxes instead of closing it from the taskbar. It took some doing to get it off. Since then I've been steadily getting a windows pop-up box that tells me every few minutes that my internet connection is unavailable, and do I want to work offline or try again? Work Offline No connection to the Internet is currently available. To view Internet content that has been saved on your computer, click Work Offline. Click TryAgain to attempt to connect. Work Offline Try Again At the moment I am hardwired to a router by an ethernet cable. We have a DSL connection. When I click "try again," the connection always works. Nothing else on my system has changed. Ken is wired to the same connection, and he isn't having any problems. So I think that the trojan, or the removal of it, may have reset whatever it is that times a connection out periodically. I've googled it, but I can't figure out where among all the connection and networking dialogs the setting is (for Win XP pro). Can someone tell me, or give me some other idea about what the problem might be? Thanks to all. -- Eve -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
