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Annoying

Mar 1, 2004 10:00AM PST

Hi on my comp i run Windows XP Home, and i use Sympatico DSL for the net, my prob is, while online i constantly every 30 seconds a small window pops up with the red critical X inside it and these keep coming up overlapping each other, the message in each wondow is the same and is as follows....
MHGFT 346534
Connection timedout
Error #10060
I also got these same windows hundreds of them while not online and these are similar, with another message
Cannot find port
Error #10065
i have run the latest virus software, i thought it mught be the SoBig but it aint on my machine, anu help would be great thanx in advance.....
Dale

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Re:Annoying
Mar 1, 2004 12:25PM PST

Dale,

Have you contacted your ISP about these errors? Do you have a firewall installed and have you tried disabling it? (Many errors of this type are related to firewall stoppage.) The links below should help:

PRB: Internet Explorer Error "Connection Timed Out" When Server Does Not Respond Within Five Minutes
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q181/0/50.asp&NoWebContent=1

Error Message "10060 Connection Timed Out" and the Via Header Are Displayed When Web Publishing
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q284/6/74.ASP&NoWebContent=1

Google Search For "Port Error #10065"

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Re:Annoying
Mar 1, 2004 8:41PM PST

#1: If by "the latest virus software" you mean Norton Anti-Virus 2004, try going back to 2003. Most people don't like 2004, and Norton doesn't have the best track record for things. Just a few days ago, they had a definition file update that flagged a perfectly good file that was part of a program, and would claim it had a virus, which it didn't. I've personally come around to the free AVG anti-virus. It's not pretty, or loaded with options, but it does what I need and it's pretty resource friendly unlike McAfee's.

#2: Virus scanners simply aren't enough anymore, you also need to consider the threat of spyware. IE and Outlook Express are absolute magnets for this stuff. Grab a spyware scanner or two and make sure you're system's clean of that crap as well.

If #1 or #2 don't solve the problem, then it might be worth looking into your firewall settings (if you run one) or contacting your ISP about it.