Thanks Optimist. Will try as you suggest and let you know what happens. Although it will have to wait until my son gets home from school as I am not v. knowledgeable when it comes to IT, so don't even know how to start it up in safe mode!
Rob, Have tried AVG, but it won't open on my computer for some reason. :-((

Splat

Are you saying that you can't open the AVG site?

If that is the case, the hosts file is prime suspect.

Optimist - I can open the site, but having downloaded the file, it won't open on my computer

Hi Splat,
Just back hope you have made some progress with Optimists info, some trojans block usefull (using hosts) sites e.g. anti virus scanners, and I think you have that happening however some virus checkers do not work well with others, so if you want to install AVG make sure you have removed or at least switched off the other before the install.

However you need to clear the current infections before sorting that out ;-)

Hi Spaceman,
haven't got anywhere yet, as errant son has not returned from school so far :((

Splat are you on aol,mine has gone bump as well.

No Dave, BT. BTW have LFC got Middlesborough in the Carling Cup tonight, and if so is it on TV?

Well that's two of us on AOL who are having to get on site or
anywhere else on the internet for that matter, via IExplorer
as direct access via AOL isn't possible. Something is mighty screwy
on AOL this afternoon!

Dont think so ,,but i am off to the game ,hope its a good crowd for crazy horse,,good luck with your system,hope you sort it out..

Oh whooppie-do AOL is functioning again - after 1 1/2 hrs of hassle!

cheers dave

Can anybody recommend an FTP thingy which will enable me to upload files to my sites? I understand some are free? I am looking on download.com but dont reall know what im looking for? I now have all the key's/passwords etc.. to set it up.

I was led to believe building/hosting pages was simple and cheap! Yea right! First lets deal with the simple: Meta tags, CGI scrips, FTP accounts, Perl scrips, HTML code, H lables, web page conditioning/ranking etc... this is a world designed by techies for techies. It doesn't need to be this complicated!

Now the cost? 1.50 / month web hosting, but you have to pay 12 months in advance with a 10 admin cost per site! Each domain name is only 5 per year, plus 20 admin charge!

Mr E

Do a Google for WS_FTP by Ipswitch inc. I believe the basic program is free but they also do a Pro version .

Thanks, it;s not free but I can get an evaluation copy for 30 days. What is the function of FTP? Wh can;t files been transfered the normal way?

Mr E, you don't need an FTP package, at least not initially. See my post 2475 above.

I believe FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol ;)

Mr E, as Kayak says above you do not have to get a FTP prog you can use explorer however WS-FTP as recommended by Optimist is excellent and pretty cheap. Since I switched to using it I would not want to use Explorer FTP again.

I am pretty sure there is still a free version but its well hidden.

Mr E, I just had a look at the Ipswitch site and it does look as though the free version has gone, but you might be able to find it somewhere else, however if I remember correctly its a very old version. I was usisng v8 but I have just upgraded to v9.

Thanks gus. Have downloaded FTP pro now so will try it. Dont mind paying if I need to but this site lark, in terms of costs, is starting to add up (50 here, 50 there, another 50 there....). I'll try and upload the html code/files now, only about 100 files and it's odds on even if the transfer goes well the thing wont work properly :-)

I have now joined my fellow webmasters and found this decent article, well worth a read:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum48/1765.htm

I knew this would happen. Uploaded the files into one directory but nothing works (I can see the files have arrived at the hosting company and can manage them there). If i look at the domain name all I can see is the place holder that I put there a few days ago.

There must be a way of pointing the domain to the files or something?