[lafroste]

Thank you all for the responses. Unfortunately, None of them worked. The little prick re-wrote all my registries so that it has to be viable to allow any other executable to function. Once I used the Task Manager to find the little ba$tard and shut it down, almost none of my other executables would function, giving a "file not found" error message. On investigation I discovered that it had re-written all my executable paths by inserting a long string similar to a registry string into the path. I couldn't get to the registry because regedit does not function (along with IE Explorer, Netscape, copy, move, delete, chkdisk, format, etc. etc besides all other commercial software)

Clearly, her computer needs to be lobotomized, which I am going to do now by swapping hard drives. Oh well...

[Professional]

I'm no expert, but here's an idea.

Go to symantec.com

And find their virus/security risk check. It's free, and only takes a few minutes. It will scan your entire computer, then give you access, for free, to the software to fix the problem.

You need to probably wait a few days for symantec to complete the software.

I have zonelabs zonealarm installed, and have tested my dsl and networking connections, have three computers on a sytem for work. The tests from symantec confirm that I'm ok, check the site every week or two.

Get rid of any service provider email and just use an online service, like yahoo. Tell your wife to NOT be on any "friend" lists. Women seem to send each other dozens of stupid emails daily, where they find the time I don't know....

My wife insists on blowing up our computer at the home and never listens to my advice, blames it on everything but herself..... Good luck, your spouse probably will not listen either...