my laptop has a virus that wont let me access the internet so my virus scans wont work. what can i do?

Try running them in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking. They often prevent malware from protecting itself.

To get into Safe Mode:

1. Log out and reboot your machine.

2. When the machine starts the reboot sequence, press the F8 key repeatedly.

3. Select Safe Mode from the resulting menu.

4. When the login screen comes up, log in as Administrator. By default, Administrator has no password.

5. The machine will continue booting, but the Windows desktop will look different. You won't be able to see the Internet, for instance.

6. When you're finished, log out and reboot back into normal mode.

Note that even if the anti-malware programs get rid of the malware, they may not be able to reverse the effects. Search the Web for possible fixes.

Update and run everything regularly.

Good luck.

Just boot into Safe Mode (Press F8 when turning on the computer)

Download is AVG 8 Anti-virus:

http://www.free.grisoft.com/

And for any spyware problems, get SpyBot - Search and Destroy:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.h...

And run full scans.

Good Luck.