1. I just noticed, my computer clock is an hour slow, so when I get back from church, probably going to be late, I'll search how to set clock.
2. Clicked on something in the new SpyBot thing AOL added and found a msg board. One guy said he downloaded 3 free programs, Spybot Search & Destroy, which I already have and will try when I come back, Lavasoft AdAware SE Personal, and Spyware Blaster, which PREVENTS spyware rather than removing any.
3. He says a Virus Pkg is part of "Fix It Utilities 5". He updates every Wed. Also cleans out Cookies (which I don't really want to do because I would lose a couple of forums I hardly ever visit and have to go through a lot to get back on) and he erases Temp folder.
In "Temp Internet Files" he erases all subfolders under "Content.IES."
"Then I run AdAware and Spybot", he says. I, Eagle, start with Spybot. It seems to be a lot better than the new AOL Spyware Protection they started in, I think, January, 2005. It's in Add/Remove but when I tried to remove it, there was an error message, something like Can't Find INSTALL.LOG.
I still think this problem is about the time zone having reverted to a default one, instead of Eastern. Don't know what to do about that.
4. One guys says try doing into Internet Explorer PROPERTIES. Click on tabs till you find ratings, reset to allow everything on the slidebars. (Huh?) "Also do not type in a password unless you want one." And one person said at first he or she figured there was a lot of extra traffic because of the Pope's death.
5. You can't have two Virus programs INSTALLED at the same time. Some of the new softwares may include antivirus utilities, and you may not know it. "Might check this before going into more drastic measures."
6. Don't forget to keep a list of whatever you do in case something works, okay? It's hard if not impossible to just remember all the steps. This is at least a start. I know you'll get excited as I would if something works and not forget to post it for me. Some of this stuff I really don't know how to check. I'm running Windows XP, btw, which has System Restore but I just defragged and all that so I hate to go back.
Thanks Tybee and Timex. Yup, I'm sure it's an AOL problem, wondered if anyone else would notice. I'm back and I've just synchronized my pc time, going thru My Computer, Date and Time, way down the list, and checked adjust automatic to DS time. That should do it. Waiting for reply from JersyGirl before I do anything else.