Hi! I am an I.T. consultant. I do have a SmartBro Internet at my home and office. I’ve noticed that there is a new type of MALWARE to disable us from using our Internet.

Here are some of the common signs:

* “RUN” Shortcut in the START MENU is Missing
* “CONTROL Panel Closes when you’ve open it”
* Valid IP Adress but packet is not pushing through
* The Title Bar of your Web Browser is changed

When I’ve check my IP Address it seems OK but the packet is not pushing through the Internet because of this form of MALWARE.

This MALWARE modifies our registry key so that we would think we are experiencing Internet connection problem. I’ve encountered this problem twice in two different cities here in Metro Manila.

I’ve fixed the problem by running the winsockxpfix program. You can download it from http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

This small software will reset your network settings in the windows registry key only.

I think we can be infected by this malicious software from USB Flash drive and/or from the Internet.

I advise that we should practice safe computing.

By the way My SmartBro Connection is still good

John Voltaire Pili
Software and Website Development

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