Blue Screen after sometime : afd.sys

[dJ70]

Dear friends,

My Windows XP Desktop 2005 model gets Blue Screen after using for few minutes specially when surfing IE browser.

The Blue Screen Error is as below:


DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.

TECHINCIAL INFORMATION:

afd.sys - Address ECE7E73A base at ECE7E000, Datestamp 48a40333



Need helpto resolve the issue ASAP please.

Regards
DJ

[Xan]

This problem occurs because of a problem in the SCSIPORT driver. The problem occurs when incorrect areas of memory are overwritten or are written to disk. This problem occurs only with SCSIPORT drivers that do not use map buffers for I/O transfers. check here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835166

[Rudra.J]

It seems to be a driver issue or a power issue may be. The drivers aren't functioning properly. If you are using ethernet port as the internet's medium try to update your ethernet drivers or change the Lan card. [If its an onboard lan card, install a new PCI Lan card and disable the onboard lan card. This may help...

[ThoMas321]

The problem is caused by AFD.sys (file used for managing Windows WINSOCK communications). Microsoft has stated that this problem occurs when a user without admin rights/program with out admin rights tries winsock communication. I have solved the problem, it was a malware: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bagle.cu,it create an hide virtual device "megadrv3" and some files like srosa.sys ecc.