[LOC1]

Have Norton, Ad-Aware, and Spybot Search and Destroy all three been updated to address the most recent threats?

Also, you can use the Windows Task Manager (Cntl+Alt+Delete) to find which processes are running and consuming CPU capacity. To find a description of the services and selectively shut down those that you suspect, go to the Control Panel, then to Administrative Tools, then to Services Shortcut. To find that stuff, you may have to change your Task Bar and Start Menu to the "Classic Start Menu."

Good Luck.

[oh8eleven]

I think you meant this for "streetrepair" who may be changing his screen name to PCrepair. Thanks ...

Have Norton, Ad-Aware, and Spybot Search and Destroy all three been updated to address the most recent threats?

Also, you can use the Windows Task Manager (Cntl+Alt+Delete) to find which processes are running and consuming CPU capacity. To find a description of the services and selectively shut down those that you suspect, go to the Control Panel, then to Administrative Tools, then to Services Shortcut. To find that stuff, you may have to change your Task Bar and Start Menu to the "Classic Start Menu." Good Luck.

[streetrepair]

LOC1, Thank you for your reply and suggestions. Yep, Norton, AdAware and Spybot are updated. Latest versions/updates have been installed. When I go over there next, I'll take a look at what's running under the "processes" tab in the Taskbar Manager. I can probably kill some unneeded stuff by looking them up at http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm