No Firewall - Help!! 1

[Binnit]

I installed SP2 this week, no real problems until I misguidedly visited a download site and installed some extremely nasty infections, read up the various cleaning devices posted in the faq and now have a clean machine (used GIANT Spycleanerand Spyware Doctor alonmg with Adaware to clean up)

Problem: I think I have cleaned up too much as I cannot enable the SP firewall, it says that the ICS needs to be running but I cannot get this to run, the Security center tells me to go to Control panel Firwall settings and that says it cannot enable.

Any ideas what has happened and how it can be fixed?
I have tried:-

Uninstalling SP2 and reinstall (no change)
Uninstalling my ADSL software (no change)
Uninstalled GIANT (after using it in case this was interfering)

I have heard that Adaware can cause problems, should I uninstall this next?

Any guidance appreciated as I am currently not firewalled.
Thanks


If IT ain’t working Binnit and Reboot

 

[bcastner]

For others have an ICF or Firewall service issue after installing the Microsoft Antispyware Beta, see this MS KB article for a fix:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

 

[sureyyaayce]

this is the final answer to solve the problem

Go to the command prompt and then type the command "Netsh winsock reset"

you Got a message saying that to complete the reset Restart your computer restart the computer and then if necessary reinstall tcpip thats all.