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    Can't get into my GMail or log onto my ISP home page

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Justitia, Aug 25, 2007.

  1. Justitia

    Justitia Notebook Evangelist

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    This just started last night. WHen I clicked to get into my gmail -- there were repeated attempts, one right after another trying to get in. FInally GMail closed my access and among the list of possible causes was exactly what I am describing. It said to try delete temp files and cookies, whihc is exactly what I did. To no avail.

    I have NOD32 and Spybot search & destroy on my computer. I now keep getting security messages from windows that my NOD32 may be out of date -- yet when I click to update it -- NOD32 says I am up to date.

    I have run a scan by NOD32 and it comes up with a huge long list (like maybe 100) of items under the spybot search and destroy folder whose names sound like games (I am not a gamer -- I have never even ever played one) and at the end of the string it says "password protected."

    This is completely out of my realm of knowledge (not that that is a very large realm.) If I were going to guess -- and this is a completely uneducated guess -- it feels like those "game" sounding items have some how been downloaded onto my computer and have managed to block any program's effort to get rid of them by putting on a "password" protection.

    Does anybody have any idea what I am talking about? This just happened while I was in the middle of surfing. I wasn't going to weird websites. In fact, I was just going to medical web sites searching out info for a friend -- like the Mayo clinic, NIH, etc.

    Help!!! :( :confused: :(
     
  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    try uninstalling NOD32 I use AVG but Avast! is good so try them both and scan
     
  3. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    oww and also try AVG anti-Rootkit