Good day, Mike.   
      
    JP>> Do a search for malware.com on Google and use it to   
    JP>> clean up. The clone is the answer in this case.   
      
    ML> I hit on the same answer by bashing my way through at the M/S support   
    ML> site. What I did was to download the M/S Support Partner Regcure product   
    ML> for the free 14 day test with it. It found and cleaned up the mess.   
    ML> Which then let me do the latest second Tuesday update for this month.   
    ML> After which I did a full scan with Panda. Poof! Yet another cookie   
    ML> monstor that was gotten rid of that way. OK, I've not done a second try   
    ML> at the Regcure tool yet. When I get my backup SATA plug-in dupe drive   
    ML> clone for this, I'll go back and see what else has surfaced in the mess.   
      
   	I do not think that your problem was the same as mine, getting a solution is   
   paramount. I obviously got a nasty as the MS Update site was disabled until I   
   cloned back. This is a positive mark of a nasty. Doing a clone-back saved me a   
   lot of aggravation, no need to reinstall any app at all.   
      
    ML> Thanks so much for your suggestion! Amazing how nice FidoNet still is   
    ML> for people. Bless you.   
      
   	Vice-versa, Mike. I will only leave FIDO when my toes are pointing up. The   
   amount of information here, over the years, since 95 came out, was godsent for   
   me. I am also on W-8 and their forum also is priceless, only beta but runs   
   fine by me. One needs a good machine but I use it strictly as a W-7 OS, I got   
   rid of all the tiles as I do not have a smart phone nor a touch screen. To   
   each his own !   
      
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