Major Internet Problem

[Dan Czar]

I recently downloaded Audio Galaxy.
This program came with something called webHancer.
Well, I got rid of Audio Galaxy and webHancer, and my internet completely stopped working. It wouldn't load pages, it didn't even try! So i went back and reinstalled it, and it worked again. So i checked into this webHancer thing. It's some program that logs clicks and sends results to thier servers without any personal info taken, YA RIGHT! Anyways, I didn't want it. So I uninstalled it again, and my internet didn't work. I was getting quite upset. SO i was doing tests. I reinstalled this webHancer, and it worked again (even with Audio Galaxy uninstalled; they are two seperate programs). Now for the past month, I've contacted the companies website and my ISP for help and no one seems to be able to help me. Here's what happens.
This "whagent" runs in the back and after a while, it will close for no reason. When it closes, any thing i open after it closes (not currently opened windows) that are related to the internet, or use the internet, won't respond.
I looked at logs of FTP programs and IRC, and it shows the same thing, "Unable to find sockets!" or "Unable to create sockets!" when I try to log on to them. But if I open that whagent program again and re-open everything that didn't work, it works!

Can you please help me? It's a bugger to have to keep loading a program all the time to use the internet.

[sea69]

boy, I tell you.. always something!!!

I would go here (http://cexx.org/webhancer.htm), and follow instructions.

edit: or- run msconfig. Go to start, run, type in "msconfig" (without the quotes)> press enter or click "OK"> go to "Start Up TAB"> UNcheck this application- click ok, reboot> it will not be loaded the next time you boot up.

also you could run "sysedit" (the same way as msconfig, except type sysedit- instead of msconfig)

look in autoexec.bat>> see if it is there and rem it. or put ; in front of the line regarding this.

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 07-05-2001).]

[kayofcircles]

Whoa! Scary stuff this. Thanks, Sea, for the link. My son told me a month ago to go and get the Ad Aware program, but I had forgotten.

[sea69]

hehe kay

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 07-05-2001).]

[Dan Czar]

you dont understand, if i remove it from the auto start registry, my internet will not work. for some reason, it made it so it has to be running for my internet to work.

[Dan Czar]

Originally posted by sea69:
I would go here (http://cexx.org/webhancer.htm), and follow instructions.


thank you! i think will work

[sea69]

did you read the link ??

edit:.. whoopsss.. posted before you edited.

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 07-05-2001).]

[Dan Czar]

ok it found 100 spyware stuff, its all webhancer and all cookies
do i select everything related to webhancer to do it correctly?

[sea69]

yes!!

get rid of ALL 'spyware' entries it finds.



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[Dan Czar]

should i backup?
i mean what if i remove it all and my computer messes up..?

[sea69]

your computer already is messed up, why save spyware??

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[Dan Czar]

ok then...so select it all and hit continue....
if this doesnt work.,...and my internet still is messed up, ill have to install it again and get some more info from you guys.. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[Dan Czar]

YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS GONE!
THANK YOU GUYS 500,000 TIMES!!!! I KISS YOU!
I HAVE BEEN NEEDING HELP FOR THIS FOR LIKE 4 MONTHS!!!!
THX SOOOOO MUCH!

[sea69]

lol..

you're welcome.

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now I wish I could get my modem problem fixed.

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[Dan Czar]

im not smart enough to fix that :/

my sound card and USB stuff share the same IRQ, so if i play music while surfing the internet, the music pops a little
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