lost file

Some how I am missing file: data1.dat I believe that
this file lets me go to the internet. Since I lost this
file I have been unable to get on to the internet.
Strange is that I have a wheather bug program that can go
onto the internet but I can not click my internet icon
and get onto the internet.

I have reloaded windows xp and nothing has changed.


Please someone advise me of what I am to do to fix this
problem.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:303401c428cd$a72764c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Some how I am missing file: data1.dat I believe that
> this file lets me go to the internet. Since I lost this
> file I have been unable to get on to the internet.
> Strange is that I have a wheather bug program that can go
> onto the internet but I can not click my internet icon
> and get onto the internet.
>
> I have reloaded windows xp and nothing has changed.
>
>
> Please someone advise me of what I am to do to fix this
> problem.

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That data1.dat file is probably spyware related.
Your system is probably infested with numerous spywares,
including some from that stupid weatherbug piece of junk.

I suggest doing the following:

Control Panel | Internet Options | General tab

Delete all cookies
Delete all temporary internet files
(include all offline content)
Remove all Downloaded Program Files
To do that, you click on that "settings"
button and then click on the "View Objects"
button and then right click and choose remove
for all of them, if any, one at a time.
Some of them may not remove. Don't worry about that.
Close the Downloaded Program Files window,
Click OK to the Settings window.
Now clear History

Now click on the "Advanced" tab at the top
of Internet Options.
In the Browsing section, uncheck the box for
"Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)"
Click "Apply" and then "OK" at the bottom
of Internet Options
Close out of Control Panel

Restart the computer

Download one or both of these Anti Spyware programs
and install them, update them and scan your system
and delete any spywares that may be found. If you have a
working Anti Virus program, then update it and scan with it,
otherwise use one of these free online virus scanners:


Ad-aware 6.0 build 181
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.2
http://www.1usa.com/downloads/spybotsd/index.html

Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

TrendMicro Houscall Anti Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

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