No Longer Able to Connect

CopaceticGeek · 06-07-2008, 05:29 PM

Here are the details to my situation. I am running WinXP Home on my desktop machine. I have it connected to my wireless router using a trendnet PCI card wireless adapter. Up until earlier today it was running fine. Now it no longer connects.

This issue appeared after getting a pop up pdf website, which was weird and never happened to me before. My Comodo firewall gave me a warning that 28d.tmp and 28f.tmp were trying to access the internet through my Firefox connection, I thought that was weird so I denied access, now I no longer can connect. Figuring it was a virus I am currently running a complete virus scan. But before doing that I noticed that both 28d.tmp and 28f.tmp were running in my task manager so I ended both processes.

This is what I have already tried doing.
1) Restarted my computer
2) Used System Restore to go back to a previous working date
3) Reset tcp/ip
4) Ran ipconfig and got this message:
-media disconnected
5) Restarting modem/router
6) "Repair"ing wireless connection
-computer freezes on disabling wireless adapter
7) Disabling the wireless adapter in Device Manager
-computer freezes
8) Run in "Safe Mode"
-still no internet connection

I really don't want to reinstall WinXP if I don't have to, since I have a lot of other files on my system drive still (ran out of space on storage drive). Only other thing I can think of doing is trying winsockfix.exe, but need to go my a usb thumb drive first. No cd-burner on this notebook.

Forgot to mention, all the other computers connect fine to my wireless router, so it doesn't seem to be a router hardware issue. Also it is not showing that there are any available networks to connect to. Thanks for your time.

NeilF · 06-08-2008, 02:18 AM

I would DL hijack this and then post the log file in the hijack this Forum, sounds like you caught something ,

CopaceticGeek · 06-08-2008, 01:14 PM

A quick update, the virus scan has finished and didn't pop up with anything. Virus scan used was Kaspersky 6 with definitions updated as of 6/7/08. At this point I'm a little hesitant to save any file onto a usb drive and plug it into my laptop. But I will give it a try.

**johnwill** · 06-10-2008, 03:10 PM

Unless you actually execute a file from the USB drive, you are quite safe.

CopaceticGeek · 06-12-2008, 01:41 PM

Johnwill, if you could please close this thread as I have started a new thread in the Hijackthis Help forum, thanks.

06-07-2008, 05:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
CopaceticGeek Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20 OS: WinXP Home	No Longer Able to Connect Here are the details to my situation. I am running WinXP Home on my desktop machine. I have it connected to my wireless router using a trendnet PCI card wireless adapter. Up until earlier today it was running fine. Now it no longer connects. This issue appeared after getting a pop up pdf website, which was weird and never happened to me before. My Comodo firewall gave me a warning that 28d.tmp and 28f.tmp were trying to access the internet through my Firefox connection, I thought that was weird so I denied access, now I no longer can connect. Figuring it was a virus I am currently running a complete virus scan. But before doing that I noticed that both 28d.tmp and 28f.tmp were running in my task manager so I ended both processes. This is what I have already tried doing. 1) Restarted my computer 2) Used System Restore to go back to a previous working date 3) Reset tcp/ip 4) Ran ipconfig and got this message: -media disconnected 5) Restarting modem/router 6) "Repair"ing wireless connection -computer freezes on disabling wireless adapter 7) Disabling the wireless adapter in Device Manager -computer freezes 8) Run in "Safe Mode" -still no internet connection I really don't want to reinstall WinXP if I don't have to, since I have a lot of other files on my system drive still (ran out of space on storage drive). Only other thing I can think of doing is trying winsockfix.exe, but need to go my a usb thumb drive first. No cd-burner on this notebook. Forgot to mention, all the other computers connect fine to my wireless router, so it doesn't seem to be a router hardware issue. Also it is not showing that there are any available networks to connect to. Thanks for your time. Last edited by CopaceticGeek; 06-07-2008 at 05:32 PM.

06-08-2008, 02:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
NeilF Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 180 OS: win xp, vista, linux	Re: No Longer Able to Connect I would DL hijack this and then post the log file in the hijack this Forum, sounds like you caught something ,

06-08-2008, 01:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
CopaceticGeek Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20 OS: WinXP Home	Re: No Longer Able to Connect A quick update, the virus scan has finished and didn't pop up with anything. Virus scan used was Kaspersky 6 with definitions updated as of 6/7/08. At this point I'm a little hesitant to save any file onto a usb drive and plug it into my laptop. But I will give it a try.

06-10-2008, 03:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,720 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: No Longer Able to Connect Unless you actually execute a file from the USB drive, you are quite safe. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

06-12-2008, 01:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
CopaceticGeek Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20 OS: WinXP Home	Re: No Longer Able to Connect Johnwill, if you could please close this thread as I have started a new thread in the Hijackthis Help forum, thanks.