Thanks WhiteUnit and Tsen.

Actually, it happened once, since then, but it reset my guitar effects panel and I heard my guitar amp blink (they are all plugged into the same box), so I'm definitely leaning toward power spike, too.

I'm not using wirely security at the moment, Tsen, but I will definitely look into it. My friend piggy-backs off of my internet with his laptop sometimes, so I know about the risk. I'll definitely check into the ones you suggested.

And I've heard a lot of bad shit about Norton, in the past, but usually just from people that aren't all that computer saavy, so I never paid too much attention to it. Thanks for the suggestions. I know power strips don't protect against the surges, though. I just stated that she was using one, to highlight that I was pretty sure she didn't have a surge protector.

Thanks again, everybody.