help ( again )

[the boss]

right lads, my laptop at home is showing full signal from the router and is connecting but will not open web pages. It is running Vista and I have never had this problem before. So gents, advice please

[Roger Mellie]

Kick it

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[the boss]

Kick it

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kicked, whipped, jumped on and more, still no f ing good. Not the router as my phone and other computer work fine

[Roger Mellie]

Well the only thing left to do is kill yourself.

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[the boss]

Well the only thing left to do is kill yourself.

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bit harsh its only a laptop, easier to buy a new one

[skyblue]

What is the error message coming up? And are other web based programmes working, just not your browser? i.e the internet games that usually come with the computer.

[the boss]

the games work, internet nada

[skyblue]

Does it tell you a certain file is missing? If so it sounds like a malicious progamme going around which hides the files needed to access the browser. My mate had it and I checked it with IE, Firefox and Google Chrome and it wouldn't let any enter. I ended up having to format his computer and reinstall everything.

[the boss]

Does it tell you a certain file is missing? If so it sounds like a malicious progamme going around which hides the files needed to access the browser. My mate had it and I checked it with IE, Firefox and Google Chrome and it wouldn't let any enter. I ended up having to format his computer and reinstall everything.

looks like you are right. Had something saying I needed to run a check on the computer from avast. Never been the same since. Do you think I should factory reset ?

[skyblue]

Does it tell you a certain file is missing? If so it sounds like a malicious progamme going around which hides the files needed to access the browser. My mate had it and I checked it with IE, Firefox and Google Chrome and it wouldn't let any enter. I ended up having to format his computer and reinstall everything.

looks like you are right. Had something saying I needed to run a check on the computer from avast. Never been the same since. Do you think I should factory reset ?

Thats exactly what happened to my mate. You can try that, it might work. I formatted his hard drive and reinstalled everything, but I was pissed off by then cos I'd spent two days trying to fix the damn thing.

[the boss]

Does it tell you a certain file is missing? If so it sounds like a malicious progamme going around which hides the files needed to access the browser. My mate had it and I checked it with IE, Firefox and Google Chrome and it wouldn't let any enter. I ended up having to format his computer and reinstall everything.

looks like you are right. Had something saying I needed to run a check on the computer from avast. Never been the same since. Do you think I should factory reset ?

Thats exactly what happened to my mate. You can try that, it might work. I formatted his hard drive and reinstalled everything, but I was pissed off by then cos I'd spent two days trying to fix the damn thing.

cheers. Its a right pain in the arse, thankfully most of my important stuff is on the other computer so I will just reset it. Any idea how I do it

[the boss]

just to add, I can connect and work if I plug in my wi-fi finder and connect though that

[Des]

Can you check the contents of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts using notepad. If it has unusual entries, you may be infected, as might your computer.

[the boss]

Can you check the contents of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts using notepad. If it has unusual entries, you may be infected, as might your computer.

Des, its me Can you walk it for me

[Sky Blue Strawberry]

I blame the parrot

[Nick]

I blame the parrot

I blame johnsolako

[Des]

Can you check the contents of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts using notepad. If it has unusual entries, you may be infected, as might your computer.

Des, its me Can you walk it for me

Have you got an anti-virus program running? If you have, run a scan on your hard drive. It may be able to sort it out easily.

By the way, does this computer work properly when it is connected by wires to the router, like the other computers?

You didn't click on one of those stupid popup messages you get from certais web-sites that say summat like "SCAN NOW!!! OR YOU MIGHT DIE!!!!"?

[the boss]

Can you check the contents of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts using notepad. If it has unusual entries, you may be infected, as might your computer.

Des, its me Can you walk it for me

Have you got an anti-virus program running? If you have, run a scan on your hard drive. It may be able to sort it out easily.

By the way, does this computer work properly when it is connected by wires to the router, like the other computers?

You didn't click on one of those stupid popup messages you get from certais web-sites that say summat like "SCAN NOW!!! OR YOU MIGHT DIE!!!!"?

Yes mate, Avast, ran it and its clean Will not work with a cable to router and as for your last part


''You didn't click on one of those stupid popup messages you get from certais web-sites that say summat like "SCAN NOW!!! OR YOU MIGHT DIE''

what do you take me for Of course I did Ran a speed test and next to it was an add for making your computer perform better All I did was run the scan

[Des]

http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutor ... moval.html

Read this and try out some of the programs mentioned. It's really hard to give you a bullet-proof way of sorting out this problem. If you have the CDs to re-install the operating system, that might be the easiest way to recover the computer.

[the boss]

http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutor ... moval.html

Read this and try out some of the programs mentioned. It's really hard to give you a bullet-proof way of sorting out this problem. If you have the CDs to re-install the operating system, that might be the easiest way to recover the computer.

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