[Petronski]

If you’re near an Apple Store, try to get some time with a “Genius.”

It sounds to me like a problem more severe than minor.

[texas booster]

Well a google of jdnetwork turns up jdnetwork.chm which hosts several pOrn sites.

It looks like the ibook was compromised by a security flaw. Of course, clicking Yes was not real smart.

I’ll ping some Mac gurus who know a lot more than me.

[tje]

If this was a Microsoft based notebook some fan boy would chirp with a ‘Get a Mac’ comment..

I’ll refrain from the obvious....

[ThomasThomas]

I googled jdnetwork it don’t look good. It looks a web development site with the only English site listed referenced child porn.

[Swordmaker]

That is the normal alert that comes up when you are not at home, connected to your Ethernet or Wifi connection. It has failed to find those connections but has found some Wifi connection signals that are unrecognized by it. It is asking if you want to attempt to connect to one of them. Your friend’s iBook apparently had a problem completing that.

Pulling the battery to force a shut down should not have been necessary. Usually you can press the power button and hold it for ten seconds (actually less) and the hardware will force a shut down.

I suggest pulling the battery again and re-seating it. It may be that the contacts are dirty. Use an ink eraser from an erasable pen and clean the contacts.

[Swordmaker]

Mac using Freeper requests some advice... anyone got some? PING!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[LeGrande]

Has he tried hooking up to the power cord?

How old is the battery? It sounds more like a low power situation to me than a virus.

[Spktyr]

How old is the iBook? If it is old enough, the PRAM/NVRAM battery has died - and removing the main battery while that was discharged can cause the Power Manager to get confused. If that happens, the machine might not turn on.

Flip the iBook over and tell me what the model number on the bottom is.

[Yossarian]

Three things to try:

1. Try zapping the PRAM by holding down command-option PR when you try to start up.

2. Try booting off of the recovery DVD provided with the computer.

3. If he/she can access the RAM modules and/or Airport card on the computer, make sure they are seated firmly. This last one bedeviled my Dad’s powerbook for a week post soft drop until discovered.....

[6SJ7]

I'm posting this message for a friend who clicked "Yes" to that prompt and immediately the following happened:

• The pointer/hourglass locked up
• The whole screen froze
• He had to power down by removing/reinserting the battery
• Upon trying to turn on the iBook, no (green) power light was present.

'Hour glass'? Are we talking Windows or OS X? Windows has an hourglass in a 'wait' state; OS X presents a 'spinning beach-ball of death'.

'Green power light'? Are you sure this is an iBook? I own both a 2004 iBook and a new MacBook. There are no green lights on the machine other than the battery charge indicator lights (4 of them) on the bottom of the machine. There is also an amber/green ring light on the charger cord, but that's it.
Something sounds fishy here.

[dalight]

This thread is frightening. First, an Apple technician has already decided this was a hardware problem. This means that the attempt to connect to any specific network is beside the point. The Apple techs are very good and very through, and don't request the unit back unless its something that cannot be handled locally. (Hardware) This was presented at the beginning.

I have to admit, I was thrown by the hourglass cursor and green light details.

Lets stick to problems that haven't already been solved.