Thanks for responding, Bill. Do you mean that there may be a virus onboard?

I just loaded NOD32, thinking that he may have a virus issue. I've also got to remove the MCAFEE anti-virus, before I let it reboot. It's installing Internet Explorer 8 right nwo as a part of that automatic update.

If that is what you are saying, then I've got to caution the owner to be careful who he lets use his PC. I almost never get any viruses on my computers because I take precautions and don't let everyone have access to them. I'll try pinging outside sites now.

Cecil

>He may have a hijacked or otherwise compromised browser.

>Can you Ping outside sites OK?