nemps

xbookx, unfortunately, this is a small company and we don't have an IT department. I'm a software developer myself, not an IT guy, so when it comes to Network Admin, I'm having major difficulties, but have to figure it out myself... but thanks to you guys, I'll hopefully get some resolution.

Josh, thanks heaps for your helpful pointers. I've swapped the cable going to the Lan port in the wall and the problem persisted. Swapped the switch (port 5 with port 4 -- my colleague's port and didn't tell him hehe) but still persisted. I'm checking to see if the next time it goes down, whether the network goes down too (i don't use a printer and rarely share files, so I haven't noticed that problem if it exists)... you think it might be the NIC drivers?

I've installed Ad-aware and it has detected 42 "parasites"... Also installed Avira antivirus and AVG (both with the latest updates) and picked up viruses both times! I'll keep you updated on my progress... Thanks for your help guys!

~Nemps