[calljack]

System restore

[mosquewatch.com]

Dear techno-peasant,

If I had the knowledge to help you out on this I would, but I'm not much of a comp. wizard. In the future, be careful what you download of the web. Good luck too ya'.

Jeff

[THX 1138]

Oh, and get a router...

[zgirl]

This may take awhile, but it doesn't sound like a quick and easy fix.

Download and run the following (cut and paste the address into your browser -I don't have my html cheat sheet handy)

AdAware at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Spybot at http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

AVG virus scan at http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

And consider also installing ZoneAlarm firewall.

Then, go to http://www.mozilla.com/ and download Firefox 1.5 for your browser.

All of these programs are available free of charge for personal use and will go a very long way to solving your current problem(s). I would also STRONGLY suggest that you delete or COMPLETELY disable IE and Norton or whatever other utility you have. Both of those tend to interact unfavorably with anything that performs a similar task.

I'm certainly no expert, but used to have the same issues when I was using Windows on a regular basis. Good luck!

[NonLinear]

Ok, let's try again from the top:

My computer is broke! None of my Pogo.com links work ...
The links "don't work" as in: a) the following message is displayed: ______________??
b) can to Pogo.com by typing in "pogo.com" but not by clicking on the link that is on this page: ____________

and Texas Hold 'Em is calling.
Well....you shouldn't bluff so much. Somebody is gonna call eventually.

In fact my Norton 2006 has crashed and it seems any links related to security on Microsoft and Semantec don't work either
When Norton 2006 crashed, an error message appeared:
a) in a dialog box that said: _______________?
b) in an on-screen message as the progam exited.
c) in an on-screen message just before my computer locked up.
d) on a screen with a plain blue background just before my rebooted itself.

When I click on links for these URLs (http://yadayada.com), my computer:
a) ignores the fact that I clicked on anything
b) gives me an Error 404 - page not found message
c) goes to a blank page, or one that never seems to finish loading

Does anyone know what virus, worm or stupip kid-game download has caused this?
Which stupip kid-games have been downloaded to your computer in the last 4-5 days? Which emails from people you don't know have you opened attachments that didn't seem to do what was claimed (Osama captured - click for pictures, etc)

How do I fix it? I have enabled my Active-X and Javascripts (not that I know what that will do.)
Not by activating random things

This started about 4 days ago. I am running WinXP and IE5.something.
Click on the Help item on the top menu bar, then click on About Internet Explorer. It will tell you which actual version of IE5.something you have. Right-click on My Computer, located on your desk top, and a menu will pop-up. Click on Properties, and it will tell you which version of Windows XP, and which Service Packs have been installed.

Please help this techno-peasant!
There are lots of helpful people here, but they are not mind readers, and are do no posess the omniscience of Karl Rove, so you have to do your part too.

[Petronski]

When you're done removing Norton, take the disk out back and give it a ceremonial burn. Then call Norton and leave a vulgar message.

Repeat daily as needed.