Picture this:

A computer, running XP pro. It is connected to a router (wireless) and is happy to send e-mails etc. All is well you think? Well, if you thought that you would be wrong. It refuses to connect to the internet as far as downloading a page, nor does it let MSN connect.

Having looked around I came to the conclusion it was a bit of spyware or something like that. Norton scans tried to persuade me otherwise, but being the true computing student I am I always know best.

*wanders off to spybot site on own machine* I install spybot on the computer, it opens, I ask it to run a scan. It explains that it can’t run a scan without connecting to the internet and downloading the new updates! WTF? Is it me or do loads of people use this to deal with a machine that no longer connects to the internet?

*will not be beaten* So found the previous version that I just so happened to have on my computer ( I swear I have an archive of the last 5 years for so many free applications).

That installed fine and ran, found the problem, removed it…..

*internet works*

Bloody software developers

Oh, photos from camping about a month ago up: here

Real update to come