I scared myself with my internet today.

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SLNT_FIR

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*NOTE: I know what I did was totally moronic, but I don't know why I did that. X[

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When I got home, (I have no idea why, I think internet was going slow), I right-clicked the "Local Area Connection" taskbar thing and I clicked disable, then repair. After I tried logging on, the internet didn't work, it accessed an infamous page in C:\ somwehwere in windows, "shockerror.dll" or something, it gives you that "page cannot b found". I remember, i did something like that b4, disable, then i fixed it. But this time, i had to use system restore. :eek: It scared my butt off. Could someone tell me what's goign on? :confused:

(((added on::: For some reason, it gave me the "Page Could Not Be Found" thing again and it scared the wits out of me again. But I tried again and it worked.::: ))) HELP ME!

Also, when I boot up, i have a process called DSSAGENT.exe. I know it's spyware, www.processlibrary.com Anyway to delete it manually without getting antispyware programs?


P.S.

I noticed that programs accessing internet are a wee bit slower than normal when they first boot up and attempt to access internet but again that could be the firewall, but it shouldn't be acting much differently
 
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Are you using comcast by any chance?

This afternoon and tonight things have been running very slowly and I was having a lot of time out problems while surfing. Running ping tests randomly I get no response from the servers and I tried everything from rebuild the connection and repairing and clearing netstack, flushing dns, reseting tcp/ip, checking winsock, firewalls, clearing temp internet files, repairing the browser, trying both IE and FF, pretty much everything I do at work and came to the conclusion it was a problem with the ISP.

Called comcast long story short there is a router down somewhere causing lots and lots of problems.
 
Or use your ScanDisk & Virus Scanner for any problems that may or may not of caused it.

If not, maybe someone accidently pulled the power plug of the router/hub. Or maybe someone accidently pulled the CAT cable connected from the router/hub to your PC, SilentAssassin.
 
Comcast had a lot of DNS outages today, including in my area.

If you're anywhere in the south, the weather ruined a lot of people's service.
 
SilentAssassin said:
Also, when I boot up, i have a process called DSSAGENT.exe. I know it's spyware, www.processlibrary.com Anyway to delete it manually without getting antispyware programs?
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Some times, spyware will hid in program files, thats where i find quite a bit. You can kill the process on windows start up in windows task manager, then go into program files and find it, its usually a .dll or a .exe file inside of folder(s), after killing the process, you should be able to delete the file. Some times though, spyware hids in the registry, so a anti spyware program is needed.

If you mean having to do it manually because you dont want to pay for anti spyware programs, you dont need to pay. Ad-aware SE personal is completely free and does a good job, i use it all the time along with spybot.
http://www.download.com/sort/3120-20_4-0-1-4.html?qt=lavasoft&ca=20 ad-aware SE
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10289035.html?tag=lst-0-1 spybot.
 
It's not comcast's fault. it happened before, when I did the same thing. My other internet things like Norton LiveUpdate, still connect fine. Just not IE I guess, I didn't test anything else.

For you first 2 posters, try this. you might want to create a restore point, so you don't scare YOURSELf.

Go to start menu: control panel, Network & Internet Connections, and click on Network button. Now see the "1394 Connection" and the "Local Area Connection"? Right click, "disable". Now re-enable them again, and try to connect. It won't work. X(
 
If I disable a connection and re-enable the connection i've never had any problems in the past, in fact sometimes a connection requires that or a repair or just rebuilding if you are having problems.
 
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