Internet is connected but no browsing

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Roseali01 Posts 2 Registration date Tuesday March 8, 2016 Status Member Last seen March 9, 2016 - Mar 8, 2016 at 01:16 PM
Roseali01 Posts 2 Registration date Tuesday March 8, 2016 Status Member Last seen March 9, 2016 - Mar 9, 2016 at 05:39 AM
Hello
Recently i ran adwcleaner because of alot of adware in my laptop with window 7 but when i reboot it showed a message windows socket failed and my internet stopped working i couldn't browse anything i have tried reseting ip and winsock and uninstalling norton but no result
Can anyone help me please

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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,826
Mar 8, 2016 at 01:21 PM
I found this notification on BleepingComputers review of Adwcleaner:

Under rare circumstances, you may lose your Internet connection when running AdwCleaner. This is typically due to an adware being removed that was acting as a proxy. To resolve this you can use a tool like Rkill, which will automatically reset your Internet settings so that they are not using a proxy.

I hope this helps
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Roseali01 Posts 2 Registration date Tuesday March 8, 2016 Status Member Last seen March 9, 2016
Mar 9, 2016 at 05:39 AM
Thanks but is there anything else because i am not connected i cannot download anything ! Please
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