I am afraid you have one of the rogue infections and if that is the case please do NOT run any type of programs especially any that would remove any type of files especially temp files because these rogues hide your files as temp files and if you run anything you run the risk of deleteing your actual files. To fully remove this nasty from your pc please go to the link I am providing, register there, and post a new thread in the area I link you to. Do not follow instructions you may find there that sound similar to your problem each person needs their own instructions. The team there is wonderful and will work with you to rid you of the problem. If you need help getting there let me know I am there also. Analysis and Malware Removal that forum has helped many others from here and elsewhere to clean completely their infection.

What SMTP (outgoing) server were you using? Unless your ISP has a specific outgoing server that allows you to connect when you're outside their network, that was your problem. Most hotel broadband connections, wired or wireless, don't have their own mail servers. Thus you have to have one of your own that will let you logon securely from a random connection to the Net. Try using a account at Yahoo, Hotmail or log onto ISP online account and send through them.

Thank you for your replies. Something bad is definitely going on for the first time ever--10 years for me. By deleting all temp internet files and cookies, yahoo and ancestry seem back to normal. But when I try to check my current version of Java, I get this message-- "Java has discovered application components that could indicate a security concern." I ran a full system scan with Norton two days ago. It gives me the green arrow that all is ok. Removed 36 items. But last night I got violent warnings from IE that I was under attack by viruses and Trojan horses and to click to deal with. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Was not sure if it was really from IE. I shut down IE and went to Norton which also showed an attack and that they dealt with it. Then I ran another full system scan. Mama mia--terror. It found 31 items and deleted them. Everything is running fine except that Java is still giving me the same message as above when I try to find my version. Norton shows that I was attacked by a Trojan horse associated with Java but it was deleted and no further action is necessary--their words. The Trojan horse is-- a0ee3d65141.class--not sure if that is a zero or the letter O. So what is going on? And I am packing for the airport. My NAV just renewed a few days ago and I have the latest version. Thank you.

I was having problems with my phone lines, so I called the phone company to see if they could help me. The problems were very intermittent so I did not think he would be able to fix it. various problems. I could not hear the other person talk they could not here me talk static the line would go dead no dial tone then it would come back a little later clicking sounds fax sounds when I pick up the phone could not hear the person for a few seconds, going in and out dsl Internet connection goes up and down, and slow He came over and did the following things 1. disconnected the unused alarm system inside out and outside, that alone made me very happy. It beeps when the power goes out. 2. Installed a dsl filter. We had a dsl filter missing on one of the TVs (has satellite receiver, with phone line) 3. Removed a remote phone jack the satellite folks put there for some dumb reason. It was the base unit. No other end could be found. He said they put those if there was no phone line near the receiver, but both receivers had phone lines installed near them. I think he just put it there just out of habit. He said it was not the phone company that installed it during dsl install, as I thought because they don't do that. 4 re-booted router. He said a missing dsl filter can cause static. He said rebooting the router as any electronic device helps since the get over heated and need to be shut off from time to time. He said wireless phone jacks are bad news. He did not say why, that I can remember. He wondered where the other half was but we never found it. The thing I was having the most problems with was, how an alarm system, not in use would cause problems. He explained it, but I forgot most of what he said, maybe because I did not thoroughly understand. Can anyone, in not too technical terms, explain what happens when an alarm system, not being used, tries to take over the phone lines? and how and why it can cause the above problems. I wondered if the sat company calls at 2 am why would that cause static during the day? why would a remote phone jack cause problems? He suggested a new router if we continued to have internet problems. These are the three options he suggested a. multi line modem so we could stop using router b. 2 computer wireless modem - set up with password so others could not hijack our system c. lynk sys router if we still wanted a router (I asked for a decent brand. We are using blittzz wireless firewall router - BWA 711, now I we get a new router, what do you think we should get, that cause the least problems? Please let me know which fixes would fix which problems and why. I hope all this is not too confusing. It is to me. Internet connection does seem faster now since he left, about 1 hour ago. Mary