Okay, my wife's PC has been hit with some spyware that reroutes traffic through their proxy to track where you go. I've eradicated it with Giant, but now it won't get an IP address using DHCP. It gets no IP address basically.

I can set one manually and successfully ping the router/switch and another computer on the home network. I cannot ping by name.

The only IP address that is assigned is 169.254.135.15, mask 255.255.0.0. Tech support for the PC said this was indicative a physical layer or server problem. I think they are wrong, because if I go to a restore point prior to Nov. 10th, IP and DNS resolution work.

The private address should be 192.168.5.102, mask 255.255.255.0. Gateway is 192.168.5.99. If I manually set the IP address, then I can successfully ping any IP, but I cannot ping by name. It won't resolve DNS even though two valid DNS IPs are configured for the IP protocol.

I've tried reinstalling the NIC via device manager and using the PCs original CDs. The next thing that I'm trying is the removal/reinstall of the NIC.

Any other ideas?


Thanks,
Danny