Have spent 10 hours with Lenovo guys on the phone - no solution. Let's see if I have more luck here.
A while back my connection to my automatic web backup stopped working (Carbonite). They have not been able to figure out why. Now I got a virus and discovered that noone can remote access my computer (security settings do not seem to be part of it, have tried with all of it off). Computer is set to allow remote access as well as the programs being allowed past firewall. I attemted to switch servers from Explorer to Firefox and guess what, it can also not connect.
The messages I get make it seem that I am not connected to the interned, which I am. I am running on Vista. Any ideas?
Web BrowsersWindows OSWindows Vista
Last Comment
_alias99
8/22/2022 - Mon
andoss
Do you still have the virus on your compuiter?
I would suggest downloading the free version of malwarebytes. http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Install and do a full scan under safe mode, is anything detected?
Nivlesh
Are you good with command line? Start up a command line (Start\Run\cmd.exe) and then do the following
ipconfig/all
Check to ensure there are DNS servers listed in the output.
Then do
ping 8.8.8.8
ping 4.4.4.4
(these are google public dns and you should be able to get responses if you have internet connection)
then do
ping www.google.com
if the first ping works but www.google.com doesnt, then most probably you have a dns issue
check your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file to ensure there is nothing there out of ordinary. normally viruses put entries right at the bottom of this file and so you cant necessarily see these
for me, www.google.com resolves to 66.102.11.104
put that in your browser and see if you can get to the website.
Please post back results.
AnKing
ASKER
Done 5 times. But it keeps coming back. It comes up with a systemtools screen and a blue background.with warning all over it. If they could only remote access my machine in normal mode it would be so much eaier to deal with.
You need to type 'cmd' into the run window to do what Nivlesh is suggesting.
You then get a black command prompt where you type 'ipconfig /all' (there is a space which Nivlesh missed).
Does malware bytes atleast detect what sort of virus it is? If it gave you a name we should be able to find instructions to clean it properly and permanently.
AnKing
ASKER
Nivlesh, got it this time.
Ping 8.8.8.8 worked, but 4.4.4.4 timed out and was not successful.
Google worked (72.14.204.99)
Nivlesh
did you try the recommendations from the article i posted the link to?
Nivlesh, yeah, that's my bad visitor there. I'll go through the steps suggested to get rid of the virus and meanwhile try to figure out why the connection is not working.
Nivlesh
If you are able to get the virus out from the recommendations then download Malwarebytes (as stated by AnKing) and run it to find out any traces of the virus still left.
From your posting, it seems that people can access your computer remotely when it is in safe mode. I suggest downloading malware bytes then. since you cannot install anything in safe mode (safe mode with networking or the normal safe mode), log back into the normal mode, install malwarebytes. log back into safe mode (with networking) and then update and run malwarebytes.
AnKing
ASKER
I'm not able to follow the instructions in the article. I get Access is Denied for AppData.
I do see a file that has random letter/numbers under All Users and it is dated today. Should I just delete it? I did just run Malware and it picked up two issues and I deleted them through the program.
The main issue I am trying to figure out though is why I can't get remote access to work in normal mode.
Malwarebytes install fine in safemode and i would suggest doing it from there to make sure it installs properly. Also boot safemode with networking so you can also update malwarebytes if possible.
AnKing
ASKER
Checking back in the morning
AnKing
ASKER
andoss - malware is installed and I have run it several times, it deletes the virus temporarily, but it comes back afer a couple of hours.
I am still not getting any sort of answer or even suggestions as to why noone can remote connect to my computer in normal mode. Can anyone make a suggestion?
edbedb
The reason no one can connect might well be because your computer has some kind of virus or malware on it.
It could also be caused by your security software. Try removing it to test.
No, the connecting issue started way before the virus appeared. It was just then it got really annoying. As mentioned in the initial question I have tried with all security turned off, but same issue.
Any ideas as to how I can find out where the block is or how to fix it?
I would suggest downloading the free version of malwarebytes.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Install and do a full scan under safe mode, is anything detected?