Bobbias Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 For some reason now I'm suddenly getting this message from every single tracker, so I have to assume it's a problem on my end. What could possibly give me this error from every single tracker?
DreadWingKnight Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 Does the problem persist with OpenOffice torrents?
jewelisheaven Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 You have an interfering firewall.... what AV/firewall/security software do you use
Bobbias Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Posted June 25, 2008 Yes, it does it (within 10 seconds or so of adding it) to the OOO torrent. And I'm not using a firewall. I don't actually run any AV/Firewall software, because they tend to cause lots of crap like this and I (I can't speak for my brother, unfortunately) have only infected my computer once or so within the past 2 years, and it was a minor virus, at that.I did recently get hit by a rather annoying virus (thanks to my brother), however, I highly doubt there is anything left of it, since I cleaned it out with combofix, and hijack this, and bull guard. It still could have damaged something, but if so, I have no idea how to clean that up, since if it has done some lasting damage, none of my usual programs can pick it up.My (rather shitty) router isn't the cause either, because despite the massive trouble I have with it's port forwarding, I haven't changed anything recently in there that might have done this, and uTorrent's been working fine for a long time with that router.
jewelisheaven Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 something is injecting data/packets... either/or/both process explorer and hijackthis logs should help point out what. could you paste them below?
Bobbias Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Posted June 25, 2008 Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA)Scan saved at 03:35 PM, on 2008-06-25Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)Boot mode: NormalRunning processes:E:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exeE:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exeE:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exeE:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exeE:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exeE:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exeE:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exeE:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exeE:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exeE:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMon.exeE:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exeE:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exeE:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exeE:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exeE:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exeE:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exeE:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exeE:\WINDOWS\explorer.exeE:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exeE:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\usnsvc.exeE:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exeE:\WINDOWS\System32\LVComsX.exeE:\Program Files\Last.fm\LastFM.exeE:\Program Files\Logitech\Video\Editor2.exeE:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exeE:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXEE:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLLoginProxy.exeE:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exeE:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exeE:\Documents and Settings\Bobbias2.BOBBAS\Desktop\HiJackThis_v2.exeR1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157O1 - Hosts: 85.214.19.81 l2testauthd.lineage2.comO1 - Hosts: 85.214.19.81 l2authd.lineage2.comO2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - E:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dllO2 - BHO: IE to GetRight Helper - {31FF080D-12A3-439A-A2EF-4BA95A3148E8} - E:\Program Files\GetRight\xx2gr.dllO2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - E:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dllO2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - E:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dllO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ultraMon] "E:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMon.exe" /autoO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinampAgent] "E:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exe"O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "E:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottimeO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "E:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [bullGuard] "E:\Program Files\BullGuard Ltd\BullGuard\bullguard.exe" -bootO4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools] "E:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -lang 1033O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] E:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXEO4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "E:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /backgroundO4 - HKCU\..\Run: [bullGuard] "E:\Program Files\BullGuard Ltd\BullGuard\bullguard.exe"O8 - Extra context menu item: Download with GetRight - E:\Program Files\GetRight\GRdownload.htmO8 - Extra context menu item: Open with GetRight Browser - E:\Program Files\GetRight\GRbrowse.htmO9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - E:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dllO9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - E:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dllO9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - E:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exeO9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - E:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exeO16 - DPF: Hangman Hijinks by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/v/8.1.1.1/applet/hangman/hangman-en_US.cabO16 - DPF: Payday Freecell Solitaire by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/v/8.1.1.1/applet/freecell2/freecell2-en_US.cabO16 - DPF: Phlinx by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/v/8.1.1.1/applet/flinger/flinger-en_US.cabO16 - DPF: PUFLITE - http://www.susanstacey.ca/ColpaControls/Photo/Control/PUFLITE.CABO16 - DPF: Swashbucks by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/v/8.1.1.1/applet/piratesgold/piratesgold-en_US.cabO16 - DPF: Thousand Island Solitaire by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/v/8.1.1.18/applet/millbrae/millbrae-en_US.cabO16 - DPF: World Class Solitaire by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/v/8.1.1.1/applet/worldclass/worldclass-en_US.cabO16 - DPF: {20A60F0D-9AFA-4515-A0FD-83BD84642501} (Checkers Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/msgrchkr.cab56986.cabO16 - DPF: {3107C2A8-9F0B-4404-A58B-21BD85268FBC} (PogoWebLauncher Control) - http://www.pogo.com/cdl/launcher/PogoWebLauncherInstaller.CABO16 - DPF: {48884C41-EFAC-433D-958A-9FADAC41408E} (EGamesPlugin Class) - https://www.e-games.com.my/com/EGamesPlugin.cabO16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1192392042953O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1192392033671O16 - DPF: {B8BE5E93-A60C-4D26-A2DC-220313175592} (MSN Games - Installer) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/ZIntro.cab56649.cabO16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MessengerStatsPAClient.cab56907.cabO16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - http://clubgames.pogo.com/online2/pogop/astropop/popcaploader_v6.cabO16 - DPF: {F5A7706B-B9C0-4C89-A715-7A0C6B05DD48} (Minesweeper Flags Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MineSweeper.cab56986.cabO17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{3B93D62B-FA6D-4535-B312-DA29DF0B5FE7}: NameServer = 207.164.80.240,207.61.27.158O17 - HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\..\{3B93D62B-FA6D-4535-B312-DA29DF0B5FE7}: NameServer = 207.164.80.240,207.61.27.158O17 - HKLM\System\CS3\Services\Tcpip\..\{3B93D62B-FA6D-4535-B312-DA29DF0B5FE7}: NameServer = 207.164.80.240,207.61.27.158O17 - HKLM\System\CS4\Services\Tcpip\..\{3B93D62B-FA6D-4535-B312-DA29DF0B5FE7}: NameServer = 207.164.80.240,207.61.27.158O17 - HKLM\System\CS5\Services\Tcpip\..\{3B93D62B-FA6D-4535-B312-DA29DF0B5FE7}: NameServer = 207.164.80.240,207.61.27.158O17 - HKLM\System\CS6\Services\Tcpip\..\{3B93D62B-FA6D-4535-B312-DA29DF0B5FE7}: NameServer = 207.164.80.240,207.61.27.158O17 - HKLM\System\CS7\Services\Tcpip\..\{3B93D62B-FA6D-4535-B312-DA29DF0B5FE7}: NameServer = 207.164.80.240,207.61.27.158O21 - SSODL: xvorfwbd - {509BF831-67A9-40DA-B844-410A5F4FDEAF} - E:\WINDOWS\xvorfwbd.dll (file missing)O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - E:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exeO23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - E:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exeO23 - Service: Ares Chatroom server (AresChatServer) - Ares Development Group - E:\Program Files\Ares\chatServer.exeO23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - E:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exeO23 - Service: BullGuard LiveUpdate (BgLiveSvc) - BullGuard Ltd. - E:\Program Files\BullGuard Ltd\BullGuard\BullGuardUpdate.exeO23 - Service: BGRaSvc - BullGuard - E:\Program Files\BullGuard Ltd\BullGuard\support\bgrasvc.exeO23 - Service: d2cs service (d2cs) - Unknown owner - E:\pvpgn-1.8.2\d2csConsole.exeO23 - Service: d2dbs service (d2dbs) - Unknown owner - E:\pvpgn-1.8.2\d2dbsConsole.exeO23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - E:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exeO23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - E:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\1050\Intel 32\IDriverT.exeO23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - E:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exeO23 - Service: Nero BackItUp Scheduler 3 - Nero AG - E:\Program Files\Nero\Nero8\Nero BackItUp\NBService.exeO23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - E:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrA.exeO23 - Service: PvPGN service (pvpgn) - Unknown owner - E:\pvpgn-1.8.2\PvPGNConsole.exeO23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - CACE Technologies - E:\Program Files\WinPcap\rpcapd.exeO23 - Service: StarWind iSCSI Service (StarWindService) - Rocket Division Software - E:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exeO23 - Service: StarWind AE Service (StarWindServiceAE) - Rocket Division Software - E:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindServiceAE.exeO23 - Service: VMware Agent Service (ufad-ws60) - VMware, Inc. - E:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-ufad.exeO23 - Service: VMware Authorization Service (VMAuthdService) - VMware, Inc. - E:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-authd.exeO23 - Service: VMware DHCP Service (VMnetDHCP) - VMware, Inc. - E:\WINDOWS\system32\vmnetdhcp.exeO23 - Service: VMware Virtual Mount Manager Extended (vmount2) - VMware, Inc. - E:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\VMware Virtual Image Editing\vmount2.exe--End of file - 9564 bytesI can tell you right now that Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) was installed by myself ages ago. The weird DLL is the only thing remaining from the virus infection I had, and as you can see, the DLL itself is missing. (was deleted by combofix.) I just never got around to removing that entry. (I just did, no change.)
jewelisheaven Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 Are you sure PVPGN doesn't intercept all packet traffic?That's all i see globally. Process Explorer shows specifically what is hooked into uTorrent.exe, which may show something--or not :/
Bobbias Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Posted June 25, 2008 It is only set for a specific port (which isn't the one utorrent is running on). I had it installed before uTorrent did this, so that shouldn't be the issue.See, this is why I'm pissed, I generally know my way around the computer, but this just seemingly came out of the blue, and I honestly have no damn clue how to deal with it.
DreadWingKnight Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 process explorer process list with injected dlls for uTorrent?
Bobbias Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Posted June 25, 2008 The only entries not marked as being microsoft are:c_936.nlsc_950.nlsctype.nlslocale.nlsmdnsNSP.dll (part of the apple bonjour namespace provider)RTSUltraMonHook.dllRTSUltraMonHookRes.dll (both part of a multi-monitor program that hooks the in and places 2 extra buttons by the minimize maximize close buttons)sortkey.nlssorttbls.nlsunicode.nlsAll of those have no version/company name. Everything else is microsoft. The only odd looking one under microsoft is luna.msstyles (company Microsoft instead of Microsoft Corporation) I don't think I've ever had a theme on this computer so that stands out.Everything else seems legit.I also ran the Sophos Anti-Rootkit scan, which came up cleen.
jewelisheaven Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 Does BullGuard do internet packet sniffing? Start uninstalling programs which affect internet traffic.. or maybe since you've got wireshark... start up uT, start wireshark, start OOo torrent, after you get the error in uT stop wireshark... maybe put up the pcap so one of <them> can look at it Really though I don't think it's a big thing to just put out the whole PE logfile... it has less information in it than HJT. AND it relates directly to how uT is interfacing with windows.
Bobbias Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Posted June 25, 2008 Process PID CPU Description Company NameSystem Idle Process 0 87.50 Interrupts n/a Hardware Interrupts DPCs n/a 1.56 Deferred Procedure Calls System 4 UltraMon.exe 1824 UltraMon Realtime Softwinampa.exe 1832 winamp.exe 396 Winamp Nullsoftdaemon.exe 1888 Virtual DAEMON Manager DT Soft Ltd.ctfmon.exe 884 CTF Loader Microsoft Corporationexplorer.exe 1092 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation msnmsgr.exe 1868 Windows Live Messenger Microsoft Corporation firefox.exe 4088 Firefox Mozilla Corporation WinRAR.exe 3636 procexp.exe 692 10.94 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com uTorrent.exe 2148 µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc.LastFM.exe 2348 Last.fm Last.fmProcess: uTorrent.exe Pid: 2148Name Description Company Name VersionACTIVEDS.dll ADs Router Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180adsldpc.dll ADs LDAP Provider C DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180ADVAPI32.dll Advanced Windows 32 Base API Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180ATL.DLL ATL Module for Windows XP (Unicode) Microsoft Corporation 3.05.2284.0000c_936.nls c_950.nls CLBCATQ.DLL Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.4414.0308COMCTL32.dll User Experience Controls Library Microsoft Corporation 6.00.2900.2180comdlg32.dll Common Dialogs DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.2900.2180COMRes.dll Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.4414.0258credui.dll Credential Manager User Interface Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180ctype.nls DNSAPI.dll DNS Client API DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2938GDI32.dll GDI Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.3159hnetcfg.dll Home Networking Configuration Manager Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180IMM32.DLL Windows XP IMM32 API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180Iphlpapi.dll IP Helper API Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2912kernel32.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.3119locale.nls LPK.DLL Language Pack Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180luna.msstyles luna Theme for Windows Microsoft 1.00.0000.0001mdnsNSP.dll Bonjour Namespace Provider Apple Computer, Inc. 1.00.0003.0001MPRAPI.dll Windows NT MP Router Administration DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180MSCTF.dll MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180msctfime.ime Microsoft Text Frame Work Service IME Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180MSIMG32.dll GDIEXT Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180mslbui.dll LangageBar Add In Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180MSVCP60.dll Microsoft ® C++ Runtime Library Microsoft Corporation 6.02.3104.0000msvcrt.dll Windows NT CRT DLL Microsoft Corporation 7.00.2600.2180mswsock.dll Microsoft Windows Sockets 2.0 Service Provider Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180NETAPI32.dll Net Win32 API DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2952netshell.dll Network Connections Shell Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180ole32.dll Microsoft OLE for Windows Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2726OLEACC.dll Active Accessibility Core Component Microsoft Corporation 4.02.5406.0000oleaccrc.dll Active Accessibility Resource DLL Microsoft Corporation 4.02.5406.0000OLEAUT32.dll Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.3139rasadhlp.dll Remote Access AutoDial Helper Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2938RPCRT4.dll Remote Procedure Call Runtime Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.3173RTSUltraMonHook.dll Hook DLL for Realtime Soft UltraMon Realtime Soft 2.07.0001.0000RTSUltraMonHookRes.dll UltraMon Resource DLL Realtime Soft 2.06.0023.0003rtutils.dll Routing Utilities Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180SAMLIB.dll SAM Library DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180Secur32.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180SETUPAPI.dll Windows Setup API Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180SHELL32.dll Windows Shell Common Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.00.2900.3241shfolder.dll Shell Folder Service Microsoft Corporation 6.00.2900.2180SHLWAPI.dll Shell Light-weight Utility Library Microsoft Corporation 6.00.2900.3199sortkey.nls sorttbls.nls SPGRMR.DLL SPTIP Grammar DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180sptip.dll SAPI5.0/CTF layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180unicode.nls USER32.dll Windows XP USER API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.3099USP10.dll Uniscribe Unicode script processor Microsoft Corporation 1.420.2600.2180uTorrent.exe µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc. 1.08.0000.10431uxtheme.dll Microsoft UxTheme Library Microsoft Corporation 6.00.2900.2180VERSION.dll Version Checking and File Installation Libraries Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180WLDAP32.dll Win32 LDAP API DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180WS2_32.dll Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180WS2HELP.dll Windows Socket 2.0 Helper for Windows NT Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180wshtcpip.dll Windows Sockets Helper DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180xpsp2res.dll Service Pack 2 Messages Microsoft Corporation 5.01.2600.2180There.And I haven't touched pcap in forever. I just know i installed it ages ago, lol.Installed wireshark ( actually manually installed pcap way back then, I forget what tool i wanted to use.). I tried logging it, and got absolutely nothing except MSN messages. I got nothing at all from it when i ran uTorrent.
jewelisheaven Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 You're capturing the wrong port, or something. In order for anything to be shown in uT it has to send out packets. Are you running filtered or wide open?Yeah Nothing non-ms there... but I don't recognize those sptip.dlls :/ Nothing bad, but still nothing to account for the error. Are you running any proxy settings in uT or IE Preferences?
Bobbias Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Posted June 26, 2008 ccording to http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/sptip/ "sptip.dll is a Microsoft Windows module which add functionality to the Microsoft Windows networking suite."I was running wide open, no filters. I saw no activity whatsoever until msn started doing it's thing. Not even when the torrent status changed from the default unchecked value of online to "An invalid argument was supplied."
jewelisheaven Posted June 26, 2008 Report Posted June 26, 2008 Confounded sorry. lol. I've never even heard of that error. And at least with a packet capture it would say SOMETHING.
Bobbias Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah, this is really getting on my nerves, because I really don't want to switch to another torrent client, I've been using uTorrent for ages.
Ultima Posted June 28, 2008 Report Posted June 28, 2008 Have you tried another BitTorrent client to see if the problem occurs with them as well? It may be an ISP issue.
jewelisheaven Posted June 28, 2008 Report Posted June 28, 2008 Except if no packets are getting out it's most certainly a software conflict.
Bobbias Posted June 29, 2008 Author Report Posted June 29, 2008 I've tried Azureus/Vuze and Arctic Torrent. Arctic simply sits at "Connecting..." and Vuze gives me something like "SocketException: Invalid Argument: connect" IIRC.So yep, all bittorrent is broken on my computer. Since I last posted, I had to fix my computer (it crashed and the hard drive I boot off of ended up with a damaged boot sector) so I've kinda reinstalled windows (only kinda, because I used the recovery console to format the other hard drive, made a partial windows install to get NTLDR installed, and then repaired my main windows installation. Yeah, my computer is a bit of a hackjob).It's still doing it. And I'm now apparently running SP1 instead of SP2.This is REALLY beginning to piss me off.
Ultima Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 If at all possible, try reinstalling Windows cleanly. Additionally, you might want to look to see if your network adapter and/or drivers are messed up if the problem persists after a reinstall.
Bobbias Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Posted July 1, 2008 I try not to reinstall windows unless absolutely necessary, but it's almost getting to that point. I won't format my drive because, well, it's 320 GB of stuff I'd have a hell of a time tracking down again. I'll reinstall the network driver and report back.
Ultima Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 It's not my place to decide how one controls their finances, but... Hard drives are relatively cheap nowadays, so I would consider investing in another hard drive just to back up the data. Afterwards, you can reinstall Windows, and also partition the existing drive in such a way that even if you need to reinstall Windows later, you won't have to wipe out the entire drive -- only the partition that Windows exists on.It sure saves a lot of headache to have things set up that way (because sometimes, reinstalling Windows is the simplest solution -- especially if a problem is deep-rooted).
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