Originally Posted by eohrnberger
Do you suppose that it has something to do with the static IP address that I'm assigning the XP machine?
If your network connectivity and web browser work fine for a while before they quit again, it's unlikely that your static IP settiings are part of the problem.
Given that the corruption keeps reappeariing, and that Ad Aware/SpyBot/etc. have found nasties on your machine, you might consider the possibility that you still have a piece of malicious software which could be at the root of the problem. It's at least worth checking out and/or ruling out- have a read through the threads in our Security forum for a lot more info on what infections you could possibly have and what you should do to detect and remove them.
If you get the sense that "spyware" may indeed be the problem (or at least part of it), please start a new thread in the Security forum. Give us as much info as you can concerning what you've done and found, and we'll take it from there.
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