He said it was from the anti piracy software included in the game, and gave me a link for a new download from another source. Nobody was home, the game was still running when I came home, I have ad aware and run it daily as well, this has happened on two different computers, this one just came back from the manufacturer for a "tune up". I have never 6 had a virus on either of my computers. Trend micro also finds nothing. I dont know why there were gaps but it started a new game during that time becvause when I looked at the stats when I got home from work around 6, it said I had been playing for 5 hours, and obviously I hadnt, it was again renamed to some bizarre mix of characters just like before, it was completely started over. Nobody was here, the computer was still running, it was still sitting on my dresser where I left it, the game was still open, in fact a question was open that needed to be decided. Nothing had changed except it was a new tribe and mine was gone, just like before.