Forticlient is blocking my nic

I installed Forticlient. I did not like the way it was constantly showing popups so I uninstalled it. It left behind five files in my Network adapters file in Device Manager
Bluetooth personal area network-fortinet packet filter miniport
Fortinet virtual adapter
Fortinet virtual adapter Fortinet packet filter miniport
Intel (R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection-Fortinet packet filter miniport
WAN miniport IP-Fortinet packet filter miniport

As a result, my NIC says it is connected but has not traffic and no IP address unless I use a wireless connection. In addition I am constantly getting the message Socket Notification Sink: Control.exe-Application Error
The instruction at "0x00425042" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not ber "read".
Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on Cancel to debug the program

 

I did the uninstall as suggested. When it was completed I noticed that I had lost internet. I eventually got to the device manager and found the devices that I have listed in my previous post. I can disable them but not uninstall them.

I still have a Forticlient security agent in my add/delete folder but it does not show any information nor give me a button to remove it.

I am using Windows XP service pack 3.

 

I tried both and the fortinet devices are still there and the Socket Notification Sink is still there

 

Yeah, that was one of the first things I tried but it will not uninstall. It says the application suddenly quit. I called fortinet but they want a serial number which I don't have. I'm thinking of just re-installing windows XP and getting it over with.

 

Sorry, I meant it will not re-install

 

Hello,
If you have the option to install XP over again after backing up your files, I would try deleting the Fortinet drivers with AutoRuns. Then reinstall your NIC driver.

 

Major update...I reinstalled the network drivers and was then able to attempt to re-install Forticlient. After a little horsing around, I had to un-install AVG I sucessfully installed forticlient and my NIC is working again. I have internet access, yeah...

But I still have the socket notification sink: Control.exe issue. Using the revo uninstaller I was able to identify an association to csrss.exe, which is a system 32 file. I did this by aiming the bullseye on the banner and clicking uninstall and it came back and said it could not uninstall csrss.exe (or something like that)

Thanks for you help so far, any suggestions are still welcome. The banner will not go away and I have to hide it at the bottom of the screen. If I try to cancel it, it returns to the middle of the screen after about a minute.

 

I am using the forticlient as my virus protection and firewall. Do I need to remove it and see if that solves the problem?

 

I removed Forticlient and Autoruns says there are no Forti... listings on my computer but i still have the socket notification sink: control.exe - application error

 

Control.exe is your control panel application. If you do a search, it should be in C:\windows\system32\. If it is anywhere else, it may be a malware issue.

 

Here is what a search for control.exe gave

 

Hello,
I am not sure about that CONTROL.EXE in your prefetch folder. Maybe David has some thoughts on that.

Edit: It might relate to your Dlink Viewcam

 

Update, I'm pretty sure I have picked up a bug. I am getting many mail delivery notifications of mail I did not send. I have re-installed AVG and run a scan but this is happening now.

 

I would recommend that you go to the Malware Removal Forum of MajorGeeks and ask for help there.

 

I did that and removed several problems. In the end, I had to go to my ISP and change my email password. Everything seems to be okay now. Thanks for the help