ok guys, this is getting ridiculous. my computer seems to be dying. unbelievable amount of lag going on. i can hardly do anything. i'm in desperation mode now. i found my hosts file and opened it with notepad. here's what i found:
# Copyright
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
i don't see any web pages or anything in there...
i was going through kevin's list of free online sites to clean up my computer. they weren't working too well, most of em were unavailable. i was able to download bitdefender, though. it started scanning automatically, while i had a different scan going. things were going well when my computer just sort of froze up. and ever since then, i've been having MAJOR issues. i tried uninstalling it and some weird things happened. now it's not on my list of programs but it IS still on my computer. when i go to programs/bitdefender/modify, repair, or uninstall, it starts to do something and then says that it can't modify it because it's not installed. i KNOW it's at least partly installed because it runs at startup! this is so bad... can we save my computer??
