Can't connect to the Forum

[Cynthia Daniel]

The correct web address for the Forum is http://forum.portraitartist.com. There is no www - it is replaced by "forum." There is also a link from the home page of my main site to the Forum if you ever have any doubt about the url.

[Janel Maples]

Originally Posted by Kimberly Dow

I'll never get this stuff.

Kim,

You are not alone.

About a year ago, I saved my husband's computer from becoming an anchor for our boat. Good thing I did; I am using it right now because my laptop is not feeling quite right and hasn't for a few days. It all started for me when those security messages that you mentioned came up. I only got them when I was connected via our dial up service, but when I was wireless to our cable connection, never saw them.

Because it wasn't consistent, I ignored them but then I went to the Microsoft website to see if they were legit. Maybe I fell for something I shouldn't have, but it looked as if I was suppose to download the patch so I did.

Now, I don't get the messages anymore but I get re-directed to a Yahoo web page with an address of j0r.biz followed by pop ups for dowloading wallpaper that take forever to close even after hitting the "close" button a zillion times. Also, I keep getting "page cannot be displayed" even when I am connected.

I'm current on my virus protection and I run the ad-aware and Spy Bot
and all scans come out clean.

All you Mac users out there, stop laughing.

Seriously, Macs are looking better and better to me these days. We just need four more boats to accommodate all of the anchors we have in this house.

It's enough to drive ya nuts!!

[Cynthia Daniel]

Originally Posted by Janel Maples

but I get re-directed to a Yahoo web page with an address of j0r.biz followed by pop ups for dowloading wallpaper that take forever to close even after hitting the "close" button a zillion times.

I'm pretty sure the Giant Software I bought detects hijacked browser home pages and gives you the option to reset it.