Internet Problems

First, make sure you're not having dns problems...

start->run
type cmd and hit OK
...black box pops up...
type nslookup yahoo.com
hit enter

If DNS is working correctly, should see something like...
Name: yahoo.com
Addresses: 216.109.112.135, 66.94.234.13

If you don't get these results, then you (read ISP) most likely have a DNS problem. If you do get these results, then it could be spyware, firewall problems, etc etc etc

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: yahoo.com
Addresses: 216.109.112.135, 66.94.234.13

This is what it says. I think it basically what it should say. Thanks for the help though.

And TMC I tried what you told me and the file labeled "HOSTS" was completely empty.

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Thanks I'll tell you how it goes.

I'm not sure that we have/had the same problem. The fact that you can get an IP address suggests that it is not a dns problem as cpayne suggested. I couldn't even get that far. You can try ipconfig /flushdns from the cmd window. If not, onlydarksets suggested OpenDNS > Get Started (http://www.opendns.com/start/). That is what did it for me. Also, there are other domain names that you can try but I think you should go to Matty for those.