The answer to this problem can be found at http://www.techimo.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-128257.html and I repeat the solution here, with thanks to the person who figured it out.

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Not necessarily. Some ISP's tie the IP address to a devices MAC address. Depends on how your system is setup and we don't have enough info from you to be more specific.

Again I ask, why the need...

Why do you want the IP to change? A static IP address is something that people pay for!

Seriously though, there's no realistic way of forcing the ISP to give you a different address.

You...

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There are loads of problems related to Symantec software and AOL. Here's a link to Symantec's site where you can begin to deal with your issue.
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david@mex

The removal instructions you posted here are incomplete and will NOT work.
avserve is only one variant of sasser. There are 6 in all I think.
If you don't want to format and...

To disable / remove windows messenger

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302089

This is typical Sasser activity. It does not matter whether you format and reinstall or not. Until you turn on your firewall and patch the vulnerability you will be wide open to attack. The Sasser...

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Unless you use the firewire port to connect 2 computers the network connection is redundant so you can disable it. Even if disabled in Network connections the port will still be available for...

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WinXP checks for scheduled tasks on remote machines when a new connection is established. This can take some time. It is unnecessary for most set-ups. Here is a registry hack to prevent this...