BleepingComputer.com: Wired connection - permanent "acquiring network address"

Hi
Thanks in advance for any help.

The computer this problem is on, is an imac Core Duo, 1 gig ram. I had installed windows xp and as far as I know it has since had all the Service Packs installed on it. (How do I confirm this?)


basically - Yesterday I came home and was told there was a virus on the computer. After typing in the name of the virus on google I found a few threads all of which suggested using combo fix. Me being an idiot and not making a thread of my own I simply used combo fix which it seems fixed the problem. Now however I cannot connect to the internet. I at first thought it was my wireless USB adaptor (netgear). I have since used a cable and I still get the exact same thing, a permanent "Acquiring network address".

I cannot be positive it was combo fix that did it, however the internet did connect before I did this.
I also have no restore points on the computer to roll back (even though I have it set for full memory of restore points)

Before yesterday it all worked properly.
My router is a billion 7300gra.

My other Imac running Osx connects wirelessly to the router without any problems at all.

PLEASE HELP! Thank you

edit: my isp is "Internode"
They also weren't much help however.

This post has been edited by pheonex: 23 August 2010 - 02:14 AM

Ok I've made some progress.

I manually entered the following for the IP address - 192.168.1.153
Subnet mask (automatically chose the numbers) 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.1.254

DNS I used - 192.231.203.132
& alternative DNS - 192.231.203.3

When I use my wired connection this now works fine. However if I do the same for my wireless connection is now says connected both on the netgear program and from the little computer thing in the corner on windows xp, but I cannot use the internet =/ When I go into my browser it fails to load a page as if I wasn't connected.

Thanks again.