Do I have a Virus? Windows boot sector error on bootup.

[XCLAN]

I was playin on my pc last night downloading files. etc. as i always do. i shut the pc down and today after boot i cant get the computer online. after 30 minutes of reinstallin ethernet card and drivers. running internet connection wizard. i cant get anywhere. instead of loading a pag ....on the bottom the screens says

"res://c:\windows\system\shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm

anyways i cant get online. is internet explorer jacked? icq wont connect. and neither will anything else.

reformatted and installed windows. Even installed new ethernet card. nothing is working. i am using my cable modem on my other pc right now and it works fine. i even tried bypassing my hub and run direct to my pc from the cable modem. still get same error. Now after reformattin on boot up i get


WARNING!!!!! boot disk sector is about to be modified. And it beeps a bunch of times. is this a virus? how do i fix? i have never flashed a bios before. By the way. I installed a new 120 gig hardrive today that has never been used to try to fix my problem. still having problems. Help! please


all that doesnt work on my computer is getting it online. i reformatted 4 times and tried 100 things. do i have a problem with my bios chip on my mobo? i am lost

 

[DaiShan]

To address your first issue, you should call your ISP they have detailed information on what your DNS info is (Domain name services, it is what resolves domain names to ip addresses that the computer can use) if that is messed up, you would be able to ping a website with the ip, but not with the url as it wouldn't be able to be resolved to an ip.