So I ran some anti-virus programs...

[Avelain]

And now I'm screwedddd.

Okay, so that person posted the thread in advanced discussion about keyloggers. He listed off 4-5 free anti-virus programs to use to detect viruses, w/e. So I downloaded the first three on the list, updated them, ran them...

And as I ran them, I turned around and watched some tv. I saw they were finished, clicked delete infected files, and then I timed out from ffxi and firefox or IE wouldn't load any websites. I was still on AIM or MSN, so I figured it was just a fluke thing and I rebooted my pc.

Well..when I relogged, I had firewalls up the ass on everything. My XP firewall, which was previously off, was set by a group policy so I couldn't change it. My internet connection was firewalled (it was before, but not this extent, I don't think...). I can't get on AIM, MSN, IE, or FFXI now. It's not my internet, I'm making this post on my laptop which uses the same connection. The anti-virus programs I used (or atleast one of them) set up some dumb invisible firewall that I can't get rid of. I quickly uninstalled the anti-virus programs but this (it seems to me to be) invisible firewall is still here.

I turned off my XP firewall but the I still can't get online. My network connection status says connected, so I think the internet is fine but there's something dumb that's blocking all my programs from being used.

Can anyone help? I'm not good with computers.

[Avanarius]

Use system restore to get your computer back to the way it was before installing the virus scanners.

1.
Click Start.
2.
Point to All Programs.
3.
Point to Accessories.
4.
Point to System Tools.
5.
Click System Restore.
6.
Follow the instructions on the wizard.

I don't know what the other thread said but I would only use: AVG, Adaware, and Spybot. Uninstall all of them after scanning if you don't want them raping your computers resources.

[Avelain]

Thanks, it works now.

[Sigi]

can't go wrong with Avast!
Also, I'd suggest making up a backup fairly soon. You might have some nasty surprises