Major Internet Prob!!

[eakinsme]

ok guys.. major problem with my dial-up internet connection.. heres whats wronge.. i will dial it up and it will say its connected at ___ (anywhere from 24.0kbps-46.0kbps) *but normally 28.8 or 37.2* and sometimes after it connect i start up mozilla firefox and it says site cannot be found, and also my msn messenger wont sign in.. it acts like it isn't connected at all.. i have to restart to get it to work and then it works as if its normal.. anyone know whats up?
thanks

[TylerDurden]

Sounds like you have one of those nasty viruses or worms.



Tyler!

[Ps2_MaD]

yeh or you might have messenger trying to connect on a 'Proxy Sever' as that sometimes happens to me at my mums on 56k

[eakinsme]

well if its a worm im currently updating AVG and will run it when its done updating.. as for the proxy server.. how do i fix this.. and also.. thanks for saying ul send a g-mail account if u get one ps2mad..(just didn't wanna dubble post)!!
thanks

[Luciel]

well i had the same prob with my Broadband, turned out to be the firewall...

[Ps2_MaD]

dont worry. Proxy on messenger is under tools, and the connections tab

[eakinsme]

ok im still having major probs.. not as bad.. most sites i cant go to.. i cant go to www.hotmail.com, www.mozilla.org, or many others.. i can go to this site tho :confused: :confused: ... and my outlook express doesn't appear to be working properly.. my msn is fine tho!!
anyone have ideas?
thanks'
Also: i cant go to www.google.com/ca,www.yahoo.com/ca!!
anyone know WTF is going on?

[Luciel]

check ur security settings, does fileforums happen to be in ur favs? i think if it is it means its trusted maybe u have the security settings of IE on only allow acces to trusted sites?

[eakinsme]

im using mozilla and mozilla firefox..
and i tried disconnecting then reconnecting and i cudn't get any sites or messenger or outlook to work!!
restarted and it all appears good now?? till the next time i connect??
can anyone help?
ALSO: now any site works!! :eek: but i dunno how long that will last!! :(
this is so messed.. anyone know whats up?

[Luciel]

have u tried using IE6 to access sites? if no luck, man it sounds like a nasty worm.

[eakinsme]

ok... i used IE 6, Mozilla, firefox and none worked.. i think i fixed it tho.. i ran AVG,AdAware6,Hijackthis,Spybot-search&destroy..and it has been working great!! ill post back if it goes gay again!! If anything bad happens like this to ur pute i suguest u use :AVG,AdAware6,Hijackthis,Spybot-search&destroy..

[eakinsme]

ok..this is really pis$ing me off.. i am thinking about just backing up all my files to a few dvd-rs and just reformating my drive!!
i am gonna start backing up!

[eakinsme]

UPDATE: formatted my hdd and am slowy reinstalling most of my files (that didn't work when i made dvd0rs) over slow dial up :mad: ..but on the good side it appears to have fixed the internet prob.. well after i found that my factory pc had 4 viruses!! AVG fixed that up after about 6 shutdowns!!
shes all fix and thanks to all of u for ur help!

[Luciel]

no prob, btw be sure to install zonealarm, adaware and spybot too that shall keep u safe :)

[eakinsme]

i am gonna d/l zonealarm in a couple minutes ;) .. i really like these free versions that they make!!