Yeah this is bs, in my high school, even if it is in the middle of class, if you tell the teacher it is your parents then they will let you take the call outside. Come on, I would got suspended a hundred times to get to talk to my mom in Iraq because you never know, it might be the last time...
If you are running windows XP SP2 and if thats not just a pop up then just go into Windows Security Center and either turn click "I'll monitor a firewall program by myself" or something like that.
I just saw a Radeon 9800 Pro 256-bit 128mb on newegg.com for only $127.00. Super deal if your not too into gaming and just want good performance with a low price.
Heres the 9800 Pro-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102362
yeah, doesnt sound like a virus. That used to happen to me a lot too and I absolutely hated it so I would just let my computer restarting and eventually it would be smart and come out of it.
What graphics card comes with it? And picking what graphics card depends on how "intense" you wanna go. But if your just the average gamer, Id go for the 6600 GT.
The web accelerator is actually very good, designed for broadband and really speeds up web pages. Although I can't find it anywhere in google features or even searching for it doesnt come up with it. Maybe it is very beta and they are trying to keep it secret :eek: