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Some spyware is nastier than others. Some of my least favorite spyware goes in and corrupts the way your computer connects to the Internet. Essentially it routes your Internect connection through a special path so that the creator of the spyware can watch what you are doing online.
It does then by changing a feature of Windows called Winsock. Winsock is the method that your computer uses to talk to other computers on the Internet and elsewhere. If Winsock gets corrupted, you lose your Internet connection.
If you remove a spyware program that has changed Winsock then you will lose your Internet connection and it can be very difficult to come back on. One of the biggest offenders is a spyware program called NewDot.
If you find that this has happend to you, download the free Winsock Repair Tool and run it on your system. It is fast and fixes the problem almost every time. It also repairs many problems that prevent your Windows firewall from working correctly.
