Marvin

Thanks, Greenknight. I'll do that.

Thanks, everyone. I'll have a think about what to do. I don't have any 'toolbars' running but you can see them???

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA) Scan saved at 16:12:38, on 01/10/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mo

Hi Tarun, Thanks for looking. McAfee is bundled with my BT/Yahoo package; it certainly wasn't a choice!

Well, here goes. I've not done this before so please forgive me for crashing around... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA) Scan saved at 14:34:34, on 14/01/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\

Hi Yes. Defrag is part of my maintenance routine. Much quicker in Safe mode but I have real difficulty in starting Safe mode, sometimes having to reboot twenty or thirty times before the F8 button registers. (I have cleaned it!) Regards Marvin

Hi Tarun Thanks for your time. My PC is sooo sloww......... 10 minutes to boot up 15/20 minutes to shut down XP Home with MS Office 2003 MS Word takes several minutes to open a window and will often shut it down all by itself. Pentium 4 1.6GHz 256 RAM BT Yahoo Broadband Norton SystemWorks (No it doesn't!) CCleaner Spy Sweeper Spyware Blaster Ewido Spybot MS Antispyware Ad- Aware SE 3B Ad Blocker Windows Registry Repair plus the usual garbage of small programmes for house/fun My wife says my PC is a man because it cannot run two jobs at the same time. Only ab

Good morning. This is my second log, after deleting your highlighted lines. Much appreciated. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 17:17:41, on 09/12/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System

Good morning. This has taken me four days. I would welcome comments. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 09:23:35, on 08/12/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOW