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Zurp

Zurp

I have misplaced my pants.
Question for you smart dudes and ladies:

My home computer says that it sees the wireless router, or modem, or whatever the hell it thinks it is looking for. (Before we go any further, hi, I'm Zurp, and I barely know how to turn my computer on. That should let you know the level of knowledge I have on computers and networks and clouds and interwebs.) Anyway, so yeah - it says the wireless connection is good, but the modem isn't properly connected to the internet. It suggests that I restart the modem. I've done that - 3 times. Saturday night it all worked fine. Sunday morning, I got nothing. Restart the computer, nothing. Disconnected/reconnect the wireless connection, nothing. Restart the modem, nothing.

I would think that there's something wrong with Time Warner Cable's internet, except that my iPod sees the internet OK, through the same wireless connection. It goes through spurts of having good access to the internet and having no access, but overall it gets the job done. My wife's iPod is the same. Her computer is the same. My computer, though, doesn't see the internet AT ALL.

Does anyone know what the heck is going on?

Thanks
 
Everything worked great on this computer up until Sunday morning. That's when the troubleshooting thing said that it doesn't think the modem is properly connected to the internet.

My wife's computer and my iPod are each working properly - just with some hiccups. There are times where they will go a minute or so without being able to load websites, or whatever. That can be annoying. Other than that, they work properly.

My computer sees the wireless router thing fine. Or at least, it says it does.
 
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Windows Vista? My buddy had the same issue this week. Everything worked but his computer, He did a system restore back a couple of days and now everything is good. I suspect a M$ update or a virus caused the problem.
 
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The problem was McAfee. Some recent update they had apparently disagreed with the hamsters that run the internet. After sitting on hold with Time Warner Cable, talking to some dude who said that he needed to transfer me, then sitting on hold, then talking to ANOTHER dude who said that this was the problem, THEN finding out McAfee couldn't/wouldn't help because they close at 8pm Central time, I finally found out how to fix it.

Uninstall McAfee (that was harder for me than it sounds), reboot computer, get online (yay - it works now!), re-install McAfee.

Long story short.. I think I'm fixed.. for now..... (shifty eyes)
 
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Didnt want to start a new thread but I can't figure out what else to fix so I am bringing it here.

My laptop frequently is unable to access most of the internet and I dont know why. Its a wireless connection, and it IS connected. Downloads still work, other devices connected still work, certain websites all seem to work. but Buckeyeplanet, facebook, most email sites will not come up. They just stop in a loading screen and never finish. Spybot and adaware both failed to find any problems with the computer. I have turned firewalls and popup blockers off and on without success. frequently i get a status message on the bottom of the screen saying things about connecting to googletagservices or a couple other random things. sometimes it works all morning until midafternoon and wont do anything for the rest of the day. I have gone into the router and my internet settings.. i cant find anything wrong.. HELP!

PS: My xbox and wii both have service without interuption.
 
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How old is your laptop? Do you have your browser set to clear history/cache on closing? Have you tried using a difference browser? Do you go to porn sites (serious question)? When was the last time you "cleaned up" programs (i.e. uninstalling unused toolbars, background programs, etc.? Does this happen everywhere or just at home?

Sorry for all the questions, but these are all things that might be the cause.
 
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got the laptop used so i am not sure on exact age but specs are still pretty good, strong enough to play skyrim with mods.
I primarily use mozilla but IE and CHrome have the same problem. I have cleared history and cache probably 2 dozen times. I use bootytape.com for torrents. I dont take the laptop anywhere else, maybe I should. I have been trying to clean some things up but its possible ive missed something.
 
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Just noticed the torrent site. Clean your PC, run malware/security to see if it finds anything, then stay away from that site for a few days and see if it helps.

Porn sites, and some torrent sites, are great ways to get hidden and highly embedded virus that are hard to get rid of. Some these will self replicate, as in you can go clear the registry, and you will see it emerge again after a minute while your PC is idle. I have had to clean tons of our folks PCs due to this (small company and we don't net-nazi, so some staff like to get their porn fix at work away from the wife.)

Had one guy almost have a heart attack because he got the FBI virus that seems to lock down your PC and demands a fine to be paid through an untraceable MO in order to open int back up. After I got him running again and cleaned out his registry, I explained to him that it was a virus created to attempt to defraud him and told him to just buy a Hustler mag and leave it at work instead if he really needed a porn fix.
 
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Sounds like proxy malware. Try Avast! Free version and run a full scan, or try Microsoft Security Essentials (I run both). If you already have anti-virus software installed remove it and reinstall with latest definitions.

Create a new non-admin user account, reboot, log in as the new user and see if that profile is affected.

Check Windows Services (Start -> Search -> Type "services" and click the option with the gear icon). Sort the services by start up type and go through every thing that is set to start automatically when the computer boots. If you don't know what it is or it looks suspicious, disable it. Make a note of your changes so you can remember what to turn back on if you break something.

Install Process Explorer from the Microsoft SysInternals subsite and see what other stuff runs when you open a browser. If you try IE and disable all add-ons, if anything other than a iexplore.exe process launches then you've got a buddy hiding somewhere that's not in malware definitions yet. This is a stand-alone GUI app:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Also from the SysInternals subsite grab ListDLLs, which will output all DLLs loaded with full path to where they loaded from. This is a command line util that you run from cmd.exe shell:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896656
 
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