suspect your PC is infected. a lot of smart virus do is to disable your AV.
check the following...
* system date, time and location are correct.
* disable system restore (in control panel / system)
* goto c:\windows\system32\driver\etc and open the filename
hosts with notepad. the last line on your hosts file should not have any IP or domain name on it except for the localhost. the # is remark, so those are ignored. it should be nice and clean like this...
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
* also check your DNS and WINS. DNS should be on auto and nothing for WINS.
do the following...
you can get an online virus scan from trendmicro or symantec. also install antispyware/malware from
www.superantispyware.com and
www.malwarebytes.org.
