Help. IE doesnt work AIM and email does! need help PLS

[schne10134]

I hope this is the best fourm for me to find help.

Help, My computer running 2000 pro, was working fine. The only thing that i did was run a few movies i downloaded from iMesh (SNL clips if that rings any bells)

right after this my IE wont work at all, It brings up the defualt win. page as if it had no connection at all, no URL, links or anything in IE. HOWEVER, AIM, email and telnet work and connect fine.

I ran virus scan and all is clean, also ran Spybot. So i think that my port 80 is blocked? but in TCP/IP filter settings it's set to permit all. there are 3 other computers on this small LAN connected to a router and all are working fine but mine. COULD there have been an inbedded command in a movie? anyone heard of this?

How can i find out what is going on? THanks SO much in advance.

webless in detroit,
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[Seaspray0]

There was a vulnerability in windows media player that would account for this. Also, not everything is what it seems as far as filenames. I've seen files like movie.avi.exe before. If you don't have your browser set up to show extensions for known file types it ends up looking like movie.avi and you think it's a movie file. This is the Windows 2000 Server forum and your question should be taken to another forum.

 

[schne10134]

thank you for the reply, I have learned that my IE still doesnt work, but when i am in Windows explorer, or my computer, i can type in a URL and it works fine. I re-installed IE and have same problem.

SO what is the difference between opening a webpage by clicking on IE shortcut, or a link. AND opening a webpage through the active desktop I.E. typeing a URL into a system window.

THanks again for any help. WHere would you suggest i take this question? this seems to me to be a windows server software question.. i dont think the problem is with IE as i have re-installed it, and have all windows updates. I am convinced that something was maliously changed.

thanks,
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[mattjurado]

No, this is not a server question. This forum is for Windows 2000 Server, you are running Windows 2000 Professional.

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I would post this in the browser forum. You already reinstalled IE, that would have been my suggestion, maybe someone there has seen this before.

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Matt J.