As said above, NEVER delete anything from the regedit, unless its written on the MS homepage or you know what it is. Sounds like something that happened to a friend of mine. He got a message to remove stuff from the register editor as well. Problem was, he removed the swapfile... Here are some tools for spyware, check out the app "SpyBot". Freeware, and a great app. It also runs in the background to prevent spyware. http://www.spychecker.com/software/antispy.html And heres a great online virus scan. Ive saved a lot of computers with this one. http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

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