Help! Re-direction problem when using search engines

DodgyLurgy

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

WKDWILL , please do not hijack JenniO's thread stay on your own thread otherwise you will confuse everyone and Jennio. if anyone wants let them look here of course they will any way but it does not help JenniO

Advice given could help both parties

debitcardmayhem

DodgyLurgy wrote: »

Advice given could help both parties

Yes but he/she has its own thread less than 30 mins apart

JenniO

Hi everyone
As per the malware 'thread' I'm going to back up my documents, photos etc first before continuing to get rid. I've heard of the proxy thing before so will have a look at that later. I will report back / put in a log as soon as I can.

JenniO

Well I didn't think I was capable of it, but when I went to back up onto a flash drive stick I managed to put the USB in upside down, without even force!!! :eek:

The computer promptly blew out and now won't start up longer than 20 seconds max.

I called a laptop repairer and he said it sounds like I blew the mobo and that financially it's probably not worth trying to repair it (a 2 yr old advent) and it would cost me £160 plus vat plus his time to repair.

Plus it did have that worm thing on it I was going to have to try hard to get off the computer with no guarantees it would work.

So I have reserved a new computer from Comet, its an ASUS X52F-EX486V which i saw recommended on another thread here for £399 - an expensive lesson to learn....

macman

Comet, why oh why?...

JenniO

I know.

PC world seems to have jacked up their prices terribly though and I hate their customer service even worse.

I am open to suggestions.....

macman

You misunderstand, I really wasn't suggesting that PCW/DSG was a better alternative!
They are possibly the worst retailers in the UK and almost anywhere else would be a better alternative.
Maybe John Lewis if you want advice, or order online from the manufacturer if not.

JenniO

Just wanted to say in the end i got an Acer 5742 from acerdirect. It seems really nice actually! Thanks to all who tried to help - maybe sometimes things have a way of working out for the best