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Bricat OK tried the fix and no go..still have pop-ups coming on....I have a mobile tec coming tomorrow to back me up and re-install a new copy of WindowsXP. Very sorry to tie you up all week Thank you very much for all your help. I will re-post after the install

It certainly looks like it's gone away, no sign of it in c: and a quick Symantec scan hasn't showed it. Have emptied recycle bin. Thanks as always for your help, much appreciated. Merry Christmas.

Thanks very much Bricat, I will follow the steps in that link. The running of the machine is fine once it's up and running but if those steps can help the PC actually boot up quicker, that will be great.

I have done that thanks Bricat the strange thing about my mum's facebook games is that the play fine if i use her login on my pc, so am wondering if it is hers or not.?

That as so very helpful. Thank you very much indeed.

Well, the MBAM didn't turn up anything, even on a full scan, but on the other hand the connection has been behaving itself so far so perhaps the security updates to Windows are having the desired effect...my system still attempts to connect to the internet without prompting, but could that just as easily be the various scanners and anti-virus programmes I've uploaded, trying to update their malware lists? Anyhow, the MBAM and HJT...

It's working a lot better now. It's actually working better than it has in the last few years and thanks for the advice on System restore. I went and turned it on right away. The net is quicker now and I can open more than one tab now on the net. Before I could only open one and that was only if I rebooted. Plus it took about a half an hour or so for a page to load up and then the same to post. That's why I took so long getting...

Thanks for the explanation, one of our experts will be with you soon.

Ok. After solving some of the problems that were bugging me in my last post, i have cleared a lot of the stuff off the PC and fixed the other errors. i still think that there is something hiding in this PC. if someone could take a look at this i'd be greatful. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 21:08:03, on 15/12/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16640) Boot mode:...