I recently got a virus (I believe) and every time I'm in a network where I'm not protected by a NAT firewall my anti virus quits, my keyboard goes out and then task manager won't run. after all that i can't left click anything and nothing will open. Is this really a firus or a glitch in the system?

No known bug in Win 7 does that, so it's likely to be Malware of some kind. If your anti-virus is no help, you should consider restoring from backup or starting over with the beta.Rating posts helps other users Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP