An increasingly common problem occurring with workstations running
Microsoft Windows NT, 2000 and XP with IBM Rational ClearCase, are
intermittent memory and application errors.
December 12, 2003 (Press Release) --
One of the things to look for is a program called new.net.
While not a virus, new.net does install itself without the users
knowledge. Its purpose seems to be harmless, it allows users to view
websites with non standard domain address, to do this new.net intercepts
all out going packets and redirects ones going to their non standard
addresses. This causes problems with tools that perform a large number of
rpc calls, like ClearCase. It usually can be found in your windows or
winnt folder, sometimes it will be in system or system32.
So how do we rid ourselves of this? It is perfectly safe to run without
this file, but it is tricky to get rid off. If you delete new.net it
re-installs itself, if you remove it from the registry it adds itself back
in. The new.net website http://www.newdotnet.com has four different removal
methods, one should work for you. Once removed you need to protect the
system from getting this again. Spy ware programs (like spybot,
http://beam.to/spybotsd) can block new
installations, but to date cannot remove new.net.
How did it get there in the first place? It gets downloaded and installed
inside other applications, some freeware and shareware have new.net hidden
inside it. ClearCase is just one of a dozen or so applications that have
errors running with new.net, the cexx.org group has been tracking new.net
for a while and has a list of programs that have had problems running with
new.net, http://www.cexx.org/newnet.htm .
While not a virus, new.net does install itself without the users
knowledge. Its purpose seems to be harmless, it allows users to view
websites with non standard domain address, to do this new.net intercepts
all out going packets and redirects ones going to their non standard
addresses. This causes problems with tools that perform a large number of
rpc calls, like ClearCase. It usually can be found in your windows or
winnt folder, sometimes it will be in system or system32.
So how do we rid ourselves of this? It is perfectly safe to run without
this file, but it is tricky to get rid off. If you delete new.net it
re-installs itself, if you remove it from the registry it adds itself back
in. The new.net website http://www.newdotnet.com has four different removal
methods, one should work for you. Once removed you need to protect the
system from getting this again. Spy ware programs (like spybot,
http://beam.to/spybotsd) can block new
installations, but to date cannot remove new.net.
How did it get there in the first place? It gets downloaded and installed
inside other applications, some freeware and shareware have new.net hidden
inside it. ClearCase is just one of a dozen or so applications that have
errors running with new.net, the cexx.org group has been tracking new.net
for a while and has a list of programs that have had problems running with
new.net, http://www.cexx.org/newnet.htm .
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