essexboy,,,thank you for you patients with me, I will do the COMBOFIX scan 1st thing Sat morning.
FYI,,,I was in the process of setting up 3 accounts on the desktop, ADMIM(me), USER(me) and a GUEST account for my kid and his friends. Hopefully this stops some of the clicking on and inadvertently DLing stuff to the PC.
(((UPDATE)))..............
So I'm on the desktop and am at the ComboFix site, click on the DL button, and the pc freezes up, actually stops dead in its tracks. Ctrl+Alt+Del took 30 min to bring up the desktop page, and another 30 min for some the shortcuts to appear.
Some malware has this ability, from what I read in this forum.
SO,,,(not wanting to infect a 4GB USB stick) when (it's been close to 2Hrs now) the desktop shows up, I should try to do the DL in SAFE MODE with NETWORKING,,,or do the USB thing.......
Please Advise
PK