What caused this?

I'm running W2K +SP4 and for some months now I have not been able to download from certain sites. For instance, I have just successfully downloaded CWshredder from http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip but when I tried to download RBkiller.exe by clicking the link from http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm I get a blank screen with a little red cross in the top left corner.
I think it started when I tried to download some music software - it used to work OK before then, and it seemed to go wrong afterwards. I've tried re-installing IE5.5 to no avail. I've run Spybot and Adaware, but still no joy. I rather hoped that RBkiller might shed some light, but I can't download it. Does anyone have any suggestions please?

Regards, Gary

 

Hi binswood,

If you would like us to check if you have RapidBlaster, follow the instructions posted here:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=15913

Not being able to download software from spywareinfo is easily explained, because the server has been more up then dow, due to DDOS attacks.
If you like to download it anyway:
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/specialinfo/rapidblaster.html

Did you have any special reason to post this in the ID-Blaster forum?

Regards,

Pieter

 

Hi Pieter,
Thanks for your response.

I tried downloading from http://www.wilderssecurity.net/specialinfo/rapidblaster.html but experienced the very problem I'm trying to resolve. (My original post was not totally accurate - I don't get a little red cross in a box, I get a little box containing a little red square, a green? circle and a blue? triangle. The box is in the top left corner of an otherwise white screen.)

I posted to the ID-blaster forum because I'm clutching at straws: I'm fairly certain that my download problem is caused by malware because a) it always used to work, and b) when I experience problems with a download I really want, I can get it from my wife's computer. I apologise if I've commited a breach of etiquette but I really don't want to have to reinstall W2K and I've run out of ideas.

Regards, Gary

 

Hi binswood,

Could you please follow the intructions in this post:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=15913

Regards,

Pieter