===sorry ss2chef posted at the same time =====


174 viruses! Dam! I have no experiance with earthlink! But if I were you I would just format your sisters box and reinstall the os! Those viruses, etc have probably done a number on it and it would probably just be a good idea to do so. Also it would take out the unknown viruses, spyware on the box. But yeah the ipconfig is funky! As far as the proxy..umm. 127.0.0.1 is the puters local ip, so that doesn't make since. You would be using your computer as a proxy which would getting you nowwhere but hopefully some of the pros here would help you!