Let's start from the beginning.
Several months ago, I had finally gotten high-speed internet, and I bought a router as well as a wireless adapter for my old 2002(ish) Gateway desktop. The poor old girl needed an upgrade to Windows XP SP2 before I could even use Wi-Fi, which took me some time to even figure out. Finally, I had gotten it up and running, and started surfing the web. Not 15 minutes later, however, the internet would suddenly come to a screeching halt. I had puzzled over this for days. No matter what I did, the internet would work for a maximum of 15 minutes, and then cop out again, never returning to functionality until I reinstalled the driver software.
Finally, one jobeard here on TS had me ping google.com. Here were the results:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ping google.com
Pinging google.com [209.85.225.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=52
Ping statistics for 209.85.225.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 33ms
His reply then being:
"That's not GOOGLE
Checking IP: 209.85.225.147...
Name: iy-in-f147.1e100.net
IP: 209.85.225.147
Domain: 1e100.net
you have a hijacked browser or DNS."
So here I am, on my laptop, wondering what I should do about this. I'm totally unsure of what the next step is. I've tried the 8 steps that are recommended at the top of this board, but it's doing nothing for me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Several months ago, I had finally gotten high-speed internet, and I bought a router as well as a wireless adapter for my old 2002(ish) Gateway desktop. The poor old girl needed an upgrade to Windows XP SP2 before I could even use Wi-Fi, which took me some time to even figure out. Finally, I had gotten it up and running, and started surfing the web. Not 15 minutes later, however, the internet would suddenly come to a screeching halt. I had puzzled over this for days. No matter what I did, the internet would work for a maximum of 15 minutes, and then cop out again, never returning to functionality until I reinstalled the driver software.
Finally, one jobeard here on TS had me ping google.com. Here were the results:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ping google.com
Pinging google.com [209.85.225.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.85.225.147: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=52
Ping statistics for 209.85.225.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 33ms
His reply then being:
"That's not GOOGLE
Checking IP: 209.85.225.147...
Name: iy-in-f147.1e100.net
IP: 209.85.225.147
Domain: 1e100.net
you have a hijacked browser or DNS."
So here I am, on my laptop, wondering what I should do about this. I'm totally unsure of what the next step is. I've tried the 8 steps that are recommended at the top of this board, but it's doing nothing for me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.