BearShare Issues

[Ladi]

Apologies in advance for the crossposts to Software and Networking.

Many people have recently reported issues with accessing the internet after installing BearShare and rebooting. Symptoms include being able to ping numeric IPs but not domain names and being unable to use any internet application. PLEASE inform people you know about this issue and this fix (which is NOT guaranteed and which I will NOT hold any responsibility for:

-Back up your registry.
-Uninstall BearShare using Add/Remove Programs
-Delete ALL entries under Network Properties (ethernet adapter, protocols, etc)
-Delete the following keys from your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP\ServiceProvider
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\AFVXD
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\DHCP
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\Authentication\SMM_Files
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\netTrans\000n
-If Win.com exists outside of your windows directory, delete it.
-Reboot
-Allow redetection and reinstallation of network card and protocol(s)
-Reboot
-If issues continue, boot into DOS with cdrom
-----Navigate to windows\system32
-----Use the following commands:
ren vip.386 vip.old
ren vtcp.386 vtcp.old
ren vtdi.386 vtdi.old
ren vudp.386 vudp.old
ren vdhcp.386 vdhcp.old
ren vnbt.386 vnbt.old
-----Reboot into Windows
-----Extract the files from your Windows cab files (from a DOS prompt) using the following format:
extract /a a:\win95_02.cab unidrv.dll /l c:\windows\system where "a:\win98_02.cab" is replaced by the first cab file listed and where "unidrv.dll" is replaced by every file renamed above
-----Reboot once more

~Ladi

 

[Russ]

Isn't BearShare one of those programs that lets people steal music they didn't pay for? If that's the case, I have one thing to say:

Bwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!

Russ, NCNE

 

[Adul]

Thanks for your suggestions Russ.
Didn't like bearshare much.

 

[Ladi]

Wasn't defending the app (I personally despise Napster and Napster-clones)...just been seeing this issue a LOT lately and this is the only fix so far

~Ladi

 

[Russ]

Ladi,

I know, and it's nice of you to post a fix. I'm just getting a kick out of a piece of software that enables theft, coming back to bite the thieves on the butt.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

BearShare is Spyware. Don't use it.

 

[Yzzim]

Ack, I just tried doing the above and couldn't get back on the internet so I reinstalled Windows. Didn't spend much time working on it though cause I was going to upgrade to Win2k anyway.

BTW, I was using Win98SE.

 

[Ladi]

From more information I've found out, you also need to remove any applications that were installed with BearShare. Run an adware remover if you're not certain what they are.

~Ladi