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Connection Problems Problems getting the LimeWire or WireShare program connecting to the Gnutella network.
(not about connecting to files, that is a Download/Upload Problems section issue.) Please supply system details as described in the forum rules.
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![]() I have tried everything on this forum and nothing seems to work for me. I have had this problem for a while and is caused by a virus infection (a trojan type). Check this: Search for a system file named "protocol" (NOT protocol.ini, just protocol with NO EXTENSION - if you have set windows explorer to hide known extensions you might confuse these two files). It is located at the "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" directory for WinXP. If you find that this file is missing from this directory then you are probably not infected but that's causing the problem to ServInfo - I will send you this file. If the file is there then check that the above location has not been altered in the windows registry (that's one of the things this virous would do). To do this open the registry editor: Start -> Run -> REGEDIT navigate (or seach) to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters (could also instead of "CurrentControlSet" be two keys with ControlSet001 and ControlSet002, or something similar) and see if the value is : "DataBasePath"="%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\ etc" If it is instead anything else (e.g "DataBasePath"="%SystemRoot%\help") then you have been infected from this virus. Restoring this entry to the correct value will make ServInfo work again. However, you should useyour antivirus software to check for the infection. I have found these links for a virus that does this thing: http://securityresponse.symantec.com...an.qhosts.html http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...virus_k=100719 but there might be other viruses that could do the same. |
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