Internet not working

Hi Guys!

First of all, Happy Holidays to everyone!

I'm having a problem with me connecting to the internet. I just came back from Afghanistan a couple of days ago. The moment i arrived home, I tried to connect to my router and successfully connected right away. It says that it has internet access and all that but when i click on my browser and tried updating my anti-virus, it didn't work at all. My laptop is connected to the router that says "Internet Access" yet I wasn't able to connect to the internet. I even restore my laptop to the last time I knew it was working (connecting to the internet) which was dated when I was still back in Afghanistan. I remember a window had popped out when I was at Dallas Airport (something babylon) it it became my default website for some reason and i wasn't even sure if I installed it before. Please help. I know, you guys are busy coz of the Holidays but I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks a lot guys!

Esmo

sound like a virus esp. with the homepage change....have you run a scan without updating ?

It does. That was the one i was thinking but I updated the anti-virus right before I left Afghanistan. Any suggestions thou?

have you tried to run a scan anyway it might detect enough to cripple it enough to connect to the internet....might also try to restart the modem...also go to cnet downloads and download malwarebytes and a few other free anti spy ware programs to a usb stick or better yet burn to cd. Run programs and clean system and the usb stick...to prevent the gift that keeps on giving don't use the stick on any other system till it's clean.

Okay, I will try that. Thanks for the help and enjoy your Christmas Eve!

Cato said:

Malwarebytes as suggested is outstanding. If you're not using it now, I would suggest Microsoft Security Essentials also in collaboration with Malwarebytes. Those two have kept me bug free for quite some time.

Welcome home, and have a Merry Christmas! I can remember those homecomings from overseas at Christmas time. Been over 40 years, but they never leave your mind.

Make sure and I mean sure you are on the Microsoft site there are FAKE versions floating around......

I've done all the things you guys told me to do yet no luck of restoring my internet connection. I mean, it's connected to the router and all but it won't work when I use any internet browser. Thanks anyway guys!

Do you have another computer you can test the router with? Also did the scans show anything?

I have a working laptop that is connected to the router and i added my other laptop to it(My older laptop and desktop are both connected to my router). The scans didn't show anything.