"Pete L" <peterlavington@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 10 Mar, 22
1, LD55ZRA <LD55...@MAIL.COM> wrote:
> Pete L wrote:
> >I found out this morning that my PC sent out about 50 e-mails from my
> >contacts list with a spam message. My virus checker hasn't found
> >anything (AVG). I did a system restore and went back a few days.
> >Problem now is that my wireless connection doesn't work now and I'm
> >doing this mail using a cable connection to the router. I can find
> >most of my contacts again but should I be worried that my PC has been
> >'taken over'? Could this virus? have taken all my IP address info? I
> >have tried all the usual things to restore my wireless connection -
> >like 'repair' but to no avail. Any ideas how I can get it back please?
>
> I have never liked AVG since version 8 was released. I am currently
> using MSE and Avast and both are doing very well on my system. Did you
> keep backups of your system? Perhaps you should from now onwards
> bearing in mind M$ will stop support of XP soon and so your own
> discipline will come to your rescue.
>
> hth
Thanks guys for all your suggestions. However, things have not
improved and I have just spent 30 mins on the phone to my internet
provider to solve the wireless problem. My laptop works fine using a
cable from the router but it will not connect wirelessly. We tried all
kinds of settings and tweaks but without success. The lady I spoke to
has given up and says take the laptop to a computer shop! Before I do,
does anybody know any tests I can do to check that this is or is not a
hardware problem with the wireless adaptor that is built in my laptop?
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Start with turning all encyption off on the wireless connection, at the
router, and at the laptop. Then, increase the security levels till you
find a point where they can't connect. You'll be switching between wired
and wireless connections.
If you're concerned about security, simply unplug the router from its feed.
For your test destination, just go to the router address; if you get the
admin login dialog, the wireless is working. You don't have to log in.
If you can't connect to the router with no security, then it's likely that
there is a problem with the hardware.
That said, I *have* seen a router that wouldn't allow anything to connect
*if* all four of the keys were filled in (you'll see this kind of thing on
the wireless setup pages). I had to set it to have only one of the four
possible keys filled in for it to work at all.
HTH
-pk