Her hubby downloaded a virus on her computer and she is unable to get online right now. They are fixing it, but she isn't able to pay for her ponies because of the no internet. She called me and wanted anyone that is waiting for her money to know she intends to pay when her computer is fixed.

what is with all the computer viruses lately? there must be a new class of them that all the updated browsers don't catch yet.

frustrating. hope she can get it fixed soon! I had to send mine off to get fixed I just hope she got all her files backed up!

i want to thank everyone for being so patient with me. We are working on getting the computer fix. Its a new form of a trojan virus. I don't know. my friends husband is going to try to fix it if he can't we are probably going to ship it to my brother in law who is a computer Genius!!!!

interesting, that was apparently the same kind that got my computer... good luck getting it fixed.

Thanks for keeping in touch Jenni823. Computer viruses are not fun to deal with.

Found out what it was. Has anyone had a problem with "protectyourprivacy"? Some how they've hacked my computer and attached a bunch of their adware to everything so everytime I turn on my computer. I get TONS of pop ups. And my internet contection has been cut. So its creepie!!!! I'm hoping soon to have it fixed!
~coming from the hurlburt field library~

I don't know how much help this will be, but I found this link:

www.bullguard.com/foru...51940.html

If nothing else, the tool they mention, HijackThis" could be useful for you to in finding the culprit. I have found some cases recently where a computer's DNS settings were changed which makes it seem like the internet is down but it's not.

Check this:

Open a command prompt (Start, Run, cmd enter) and type ipconfig /all

Note what your DNS server(s) are and then ask your ISP if they are correct. If your DNS settings get hijacked by a malicious outfit, they can easily trick you into thinking you are on a real paypal or ebay or bank website when in fact you are on their site. They can then get your passwords etc.

So, my advice is to verify your DNS settings and try HijackThis as a way to rid the malware.

We have gotten the computer fixed. all I'm doing now is waiting for pay day to roll around so i can have internet put back on in the house. for those who I'm buying ponies from please pm me with the total price of the pony, or if you have decided not to sell it to me. Which ever.