that's my exact sentiment, jo...

Mel, I really think it's a left over also...

for one, you only have ONE anti-spy software...not ONE program out there catches them all...

the reason for that is that some mal-ware applications are in the areas of grey between virus and spyware. So virus checkers may not treat them as viruses and spyware checkers may not scan them as spywares...

malware bytes can help try to resolve that. It is a free program

I still think you need to run a hijackthis log and let someone to look over it. I'd be happy to help you (I haven't done it in awhile but I can still try) or you can take it over to Castlecop where they'll help you...

I know you don't like to save files and reformat but I think that would be better than getting more frustrated with each time that your puter is acting up...

the first thing I think you should do is still run a hijackthis scan log...it's free, and it's great...it's just a log...so easy to do...

good luck

in case you're thinking about using hajackthis:

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...kthis/download