Sudden internet loss - Connection Tray Not Responding

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by WayneY, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. WayneY

    WayneY Private E-2

    Hello I've had this problem for a little under two weeks now.. not sure what I was doing at the time. Anyway the problem consists of simply from time to time with no real pattern my wireless internet will just stop working and I will be disconnected. Trying to right click the icon on the bottom right results in nothing and when I go to restart or turn off my computer I get either a 'Connection Trays is not responding' or 'Explorer.exe is not responding'. Sometimes this will happen within minutes of starting up my laptop and sometimes it won't for a good few hours.

    I ran all of the programs in the windows XP cleaning procedure.. however when I tried to run combofix it crashed on me and I wasn't sure what to do so I skipped it.

    My computer specs are as follows if they are important:
    Lenovo T61p
    Windows XP SP2
    3Gb RAM
    7200 RPM 100gig HD
    2.19GHz
    Nvidia Quadro FX 570m
    Wireless card is Intel Pro wireless 3945ABG network adapter

    Come to think of it, I have been having issues ever since I got my laptop regarding the wireless connection.. I believe that in the past sometimes the internet would just cut out and I would have to restart. However back then a simple restart solved the problem.. but now it keeps occurring.

    Thank you for your time!
     

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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    It does not sound like your problems are related to malware. You could be having some kind of hardware issue and may want to post in the Hardware Forum. Yes there was some malware removed by the cleaning procedure and I have a little more minor steps for you to do, but I don't think anything that was removed was related to your problem.

    I believe you meant RootRepeal not ComboFix.;)

    Uninstall the below old versions of software:
    J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6
    Java(TM) 6 Update 5

    Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator). This is really HijackThis (select Do a system scan only) and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:

    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

    Now run this Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger. Do not confuse Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger because they are not the same. Windows Messenger is a frequent cause of popups.


    After a reboot, install the current version of Sun Java from: Sun Java Runtime Environment



    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
    2. If we used Pocket Killbox during your cleanup, do the below
      • Run Pocket Killbox and select File, Cleanup, Delete All Backups
    3. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
      • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /u
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /u, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
    6. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    7. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    8. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures in step 3 the READ ME for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
    9. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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