thank you
i will try an online scan when the upload speeds up. i don't want to get stuck in an unfinished scan
umm, i had bitdefender once upon a time, and it announced all found viruses but took no action - or said it couldn't delete them - so i ended up with 101+ malwares and that computer went dead (they had delivered it with everything installed and no motherboard or drivers' installation cd so we couldn't even wipe it and re-install windows on it. it left me a very bad taste and i don't want to go close BD ever again.)
NOD32 has been used by people in my LAN, they're not happy with it. i'll try kaspersky online but i can't right now, because of the speed.
(which is caused by the so lovely admin who actually created two separate network groups using the same internet access, of which one is used by the most of us and the other is set aside for a guy who plays CS day and night. wyrmrider, no offense if you're a gamer, but boys and their games are...
i am about 90% convinced he didn't protect his computer since he's carrying BD and if he stays connected so much, the uplink is used by the games and the adds he got.)
in the meantime, my computer speeded up when offline and i can do whatever i want with it, so that's one great relief
thank you for all the help!