ok last night my firewall was turned off for a short amount of time but i forgot to turn it back on and what do ya know… 38 virus infections in less than 2 seconds. malware, spyware, worms, trojans, everything. so i turned off my wifi and my laptop and restored it its original state so i could clear out all the infected files and crap cause it was crashing my computer and disabled the rest of my virus protection and all. now my laptops just like it was when i first turned it on except this time i cant connect to the internet… during my computer setup i did not connect instantly but clicked the set-up later option. but either way i should still be able to connect right? so it was really irritating me i tried rebooting, turning wifi off and on again, troubleshooting didnt work either (it said the problem was fixed when it clearly wasnt), and i also plugged the router into my laptop but still it just wouldnt connect. i read about resetting the drivers or whatever but im not sure what that means… im usually pretty good with computers but im at a loss when it comes to connections. please help me i just want my lap toppy back!!!
ok so more details-

its an hp pavilion entertainment pc

i usually use avg anti-virus but as i said i disabled it. but when i tried to turn it back on it wouldnt run thanx to those stupid viruses >:[

because my laptop was going psychotic after all the infections i did the manual restore that actually wipes out all of your files (i have everything i needed from my docs on a flash drive in case i did ever have to restore it to its original state). when you turn it on and press escape and go to the start menu and all that stuff. so i did run the hp analysis and all. a friend helped me and i was so tired i dont really remember much of the process but i just know there was on option of restoring the pc to its original state. so no virus remover just restored.