Dark Saturated Screen

Hi- My display has become dark with a saturated appearance. It went slightly darker yesterday and progressed to its current state an hour later. Is this a virus? ..... I clicked on a link yesterday morning online which had been sent by a hacker on facebook, although the problem didn't happen immediately (it could be a coincidence).
Also my google and date and time reset itself. Could anyone help me?
(I also installed Airport Extreme a few days ago)
Thank you
Reiba

Hi
It might be your brightness that keeps going down if you hit it. Try pressing F14 and F15 on your keyboard (it might have F13 included as well, i have the new apple keyboard, which has little suns on it to change the brightness). Hope this helps!

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