Have I been attacked ?

Question

Hello, my laptop has suddenly stopped getting access to a site I frequent. I can't even get a ping or tracert and the page itself, always returns page cannot be found. I was also unable to raise the site from a local internet cafe on my laptop. I have tried most fixes, clearing cookies,history etc without success and have antivirus and firewall installed. If I do an fdsik and reinstall XP is that likely to clear it?  Any suggestions welcome.

1972vet · Answer

Message Edited by 1972vet on 02-20-2008 04:21 PM

Cyberman93 · Answer

Certainly can, the web site is www.shootingtalk.com

Bugbatter · Answer

post deleted Message Edited by Bugbatter on 12-04-2007 12:50 PM

1972vet · Answer

Message Edited by 1972vet on 02-20-2008 04:21 PM

Cyberman93 · Answer

It just says local host. It has also created a log file with various files locations listed but I canot see any web page addresses??

1972vet · Answer

Message Edited by 1972vet on 02-20-2008 04:22 PM

Cyberman93 · Answer

It returns cannot find www.shootingtalk.com

1972vet · Answer

Message Edited by 1972vet on 02-20-2008 04:22 PM

Cyberman93 · Answer

Yes I have been on the site until about three weeks ago. It got slow and then failed to connect alltogether. I can get the site at a local Internet cafe not far from me on their computers, but when I connected my computer to their connection I could not get the site. I got all the other sites I normally use, BBC etc. I do know that the site has been sold to someone in the USA and in my attempts to sort the problem out, have contacted them about my problem and they are addament that as far as they are concerned the site is working normally, but my internet provider has deteced that the signal was slow coming out of New Jersey USA. I am using I.E. 6 and when I could get the site, it came up normally everytime it was requested.

Cyberman93 · Answer

Which school is that? because there is one quite close to me !!

Cyberman93 · Answer

I also had another site I use start to go slow at about the same time but I managed to get onto it and Login and it went back to normal and is still O.K. so I am a bit suspicious that it was a virus/spyware/malware attack. Everything else on my laptop is normal.

1972vet · Answer

Message Edited by 1972vet on 02-20-2008 04:22 PM

Cyberman93 · Answer

Well I can ping to that address, and a Google search, returns this web site address http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_en-GBGB221GB221&q=65%2e98%2e5%2e81

Cyberman93 · Answer

what did you get for the school you were sent to ?

1972vet · Answer

Message Edited by 1972vet on 02-20-2008 04:23 PM

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