I think that I've picked up a really bad virus

I hate to hear that. I hope you don't have a virus on your computer. Do you have any kind of anti-virus protection for your computer? I do. I use Norton Antivirus and it stops viruses from attacking my computer. I hope to see you back here soon.

Hello catjane, I hope your PC will be well soon. If there is indeed a virus, I advice you to go and send it for repair or call a friend or someone who is good with removing the virus should there be. You might want to reboot the system again and trust me, it will go faster and work as new. I've rebooted my PC for more than 3 times due to virus and now it's as good as new. But I'm not going to praise too much for fear of it crashing down again, LOL. That's the whole disadvantage of the virtual world; once there is a virus, then it's all closing down; no online for the day. Take care and waiting for your return to join all of us again. ;)

I hope you get it fixed soon. See you when you get back.