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Claeren · 01-07-2008, 09:18 PM

Hey all,

A female friends laptop is all messed up. She had it down in the States and was on the hotels wireless internet. The next time she tried using it the internet wouldn't work with some message about the firewall being active coming up. But when you try to change the firewall settings it won't let you and it says you are locked out. Stranger yet, it looks like the internet is connected but at a low speed?? Also, as the browser tries to load the first page it says it is connecting but it is to some strange IP address in the bottom of the IE browser window? It always fail to connect though?

Any ideas?

She says she did not download anything but on the otherhand she had no anti-anything software on her computer either!

She was seriously going to throw out her nice laptop instead of trying to fix it!! ack!

Any other info needed?

Thanks!
Michael.

01-07-2008, 09:18 PM	#1
Claeren Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Section 218 Exp:	Virus/spyware or Windows XP or firewall problem? Hey all, A female friends laptop is all messed up. She had it down in the States and was on the hotels wireless internet. The next time she tried using it the internet wouldn't work with some message about the firewall being active coming up. But when you try to change the firewall settings it won't let you and it says you are locked out. Stranger yet, it looks like the internet is connected but at a low speed?? Also, as the browser tries to load the first page it says it is connecting but it is to some strange IP address in the bottom of the IE browser window? It always fail to connect though? Any ideas? She says she did not download anything but on the otherhand she had no anti-anything software on her computer either! She was seriously going to throw out her nice laptop instead of trying to fix it!! ack! Any other info needed? Thanks! Michael.