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It's WW3.
Run for shelter. Now.
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Try clearing your cookies, closing all internet windows, then going back on. I pinged all the websites and they are working just fine.
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Right-click on the main Internet Explorer icon and slect Properties. There will be something that will say something along the lines "Browsing history" and a "Delete..." button (it's probably a little different for different versions of I.E.); a new box will pop up and select Delete for Temporary Internet Files. There's one for cookies, too, but try the Temp files first. Deleting cookies wil log you out of everything (a bitch if you don't recall your passwords).
In the future if you are unsure if a website is down or if you don't have an internet connection, you can ping a website. In the search box when you click the Start button, type CMD and press Enter. A command prompt will open. In it enter ths command (choosing a website of your choice):
ping youtube.com
And press Enter. It will ping the site and requests data packs. It will either tell you it recieved them, you were timed out, or it couldn't do it. If it succeeds, the site should be working. Alternatively, there are websites like Is It Down for Me or Everybody Else? (or what ever it's called).
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That seems odd. I;m on an outdated OS from Windows and the only things that stop me from going to websites are websites that are coded to not let me in if I don't have the latest version of an internet explorer program. Are you sure maybe you're not infected? I can help you out some there.
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Well, the common misconception is that if you have a Mac you won't get infected. The reality is that viruses for Mac's are extremely rare because they're harder to make and most people don't use Mac's, so the money is in making viruses for regular systems. Unless you take very poor precautions and do what ever, the chances of getting infected are slim on a Mac.
First make srue there are no updates to programs you may use, like Adobe. Update anything that may need to be, then restart your computer.
EDIT: Before you do anything, if Mac has the equivilant of what Windows calkls a Restore Point, make one. That way if anything is messed up, you can go back to when it was not. It's something that is always advised to do before you install any new programs or make updates, even if no suspicions of being infected.
My advice is to download and run all these programs in Safe Mode on your Mac:
Malwarebytes (one of the best free anti-virus programs)
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/malwarebytes-anti-malware/dl/7/
RKill (Rootkit killer)
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/dl/10/
And TDSSKiller
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/tdsskiller/dl/4/
Quarantine any suspecious finds. In TDSSKiller don't do anything with objects it marks as being medium.
These are good safe programs. Some so called anti-virus programs out there on the web, contain malware in them and trick you.
For good measure, you might also want to download another -- it's always good to try two or three different programs, since some will find stuff others will not.
ADWCleaner
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/dl/125/
Once done, restart in regular mode and run ESET online's free scanner. This will take an hour or so; you'll have to stop what you are doing to make sure you don't freeze up the computer and save anything you got going first:
www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
Depending on what you find, you may need professional help and the folks at the bleepingcomputer.com forum will help. Some virus programs, even if you delete them, may leave a backdoor(s) that can't be found and the only way to be sure you're clean is to wipe it all and re-install everything.
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