need some help, I am missing something

[ghostrider2k]

I have a wireless router hooked up and my wife's laptop is an HP with an internal 54g built into it. She had some virus activity and now the internet does not come up in IE or Opera. I had checked my router settings, etc. If I put in the settings manually I get limited or no connectivity but high signal strength. At this setting, it will not allow me to use my networked drives on my main computer. If I let it do everything automatically I get good connectivity and speed, etc. but IE and Opera come up to the cannot find server page. I can however open my network drives to my other system and pull files back and forth???? I figure I am missing something basic. Any help or ideas appreciated. I'd hate to have to use the disc restore on this thing....

Thanks
GR

[Pettos]

Prior to doing anything XP users MUST disable System Restore!!! You can re enable it after you are clean.

1. Download, install and run CrapCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com) to remove any temporary and junk files.

2. Download Ad-Aware SE 1.06 (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html) and set it up as shown HERE (http://www.drtweak.com/index.php?topic=40.0).

3. Download SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download) and set it up as shown HERE (http://www.drtweak.com/index.php?topic=41.0).

4. Download SUPERAntiSpyware (http://www.superantispyware.com), update and do a full system scan.

5. Download AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 (http://www.ewido.net/en/download), update and do a full system scan.

6. Download and run CWShredder (http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder).

7. Do a FREE online virus scan from BitDefender Online Scan (http://www.bitdefender.com/) and remove all that it finds.

8. If you aren't currently using a firewall or anti-virus profram then I suggest you install Comodo Firewall (http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/) and Active Virus Shield (http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?) - (setup instructions HERE (http://www.drtweak.com/index.php?topic=157.0)), both are FREE and offer excellent protection.

9. It is a good idea to use Sysinternal's Autoruns (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html) to make sure you have removed all of the malware.

10. It it also a good idea to run the Winsock Fix (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html) to repair your TCP/IP stack. (you will have to redo any tweaks for your connection if this is used)

11. If after doing ALL of the above and you are still having problems please scan with HijackThis 1.99.1 (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html) as shown HERE (http://www.drtweak.com/index.php?topic=58.0) and post a log here in this forum for us to look at.

12. Download SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) and set it up as shown HERE (http://www.drtweak.com/index.php?topic=42.0) to help stay spyware free.

13. Make sure you have ALL of the latest Windows Updates.

:)

Run that to get rid of the virus' and whatnot.

[ghostrider2k]

Okay did a full system restore on her laptop / well first I connected with a
cat5e cable and same thing. Some websites okay and others not...weird. So I did a system restore, and after 2.5 hours of my life wasted, guess what? Same crap...???? How can this be possible, at first I thought the wireless card was not seated right but then I remembered it did it on cable also.... Any other ideas? I will try the hijack thing tomorrow when I get a chance and report...This happened about a month ago (but I wan's told) it started to slow down and then got worse. But again, only certain sites like eBay and Yahoo mail...but gmail, and other places I tested are not effected. Could a virus survive this? I am not familiar with compaq/HP systems enough to know. My other laptops used regular geometry drives and I could investigate things.

Thanks

GR

[Pettos]

Try this:

1. Open IE
2. Click "Tools"
3. click "Internet Options"
4. Click the "Privacy" tab
<<Drag the privacy slider to "Medium">>
5. Click "Sites"
6. In box labelled "Address of Website" type "www.ebay.com"
7. Click "Allow" then "Ok"
8. Try to go to www.ebay.com