I've tried a few remedies (including turning off the modem and restarting it, etc), but nothing is working. I pinged the router and it came back with "request timed out" which is the only clue I've found as to what could be wrong. Also: the other computer in my room is connecting, as well as my roommate's xbox, so I'm fairly certain it isn't the router itself.
A little background: the computer has been out of use for about 6 months, I finally did a malware scan on it and cleaned it up, so it may have been damaged? Not sure...please help me!!