What Is a Winsock?
Written by The Geekette on August 20, 2005 – 10:45 pmPosted in 2000, 9x, Internet, ME, Networking, Security, Spyware and Adware, Tips, Windows, Winsock, XP |
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Loading ...Winsock is a term that relates to interfacing programs to Windows Sockets API (Application Programming Interface). Put simply, it is a way for programs like FTP/Telnet/Proxies and even web browsers to interface with the TCP/IP protocol to allow a computer on a network or the internet.
Like other files, Winsocks can become corrupt. The files can be "hijacked" or altered by other programs as well. Lately, it seems that adware and spyware are also a common link to Winsock problems. Some adware and spyware can use a proxy to work and when/if the program is uninstalled, the Winsock my cease to work, may not work correctly, and cause many other numerous problems on a computer trying to access the internet.
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October 18th, 2005 at 5:43 am
How can I fix a corrupt winsock 10057 running xp?
October 19th, 2005 at 3:24 am
Are you running some kind of networ packet program? Might be a bug in the program..
Start/Run/CMD
C:\>net helpmsg 10057
A request to send or receive data was disallowed because the socket is not conncted and (when sending on a datagram socket using a sendto call) no address was supplied.
If you want to, you can always rebuild the winsock or reset the winsock catalog depending on the actual usage you do to get the error