Quote - Bar-code-sorry i'm not very computer literate but have you tried the windows defender program(free) as in there,there is an option to see what is running on your computer at that moment! and the option to enable or disable it from there!!! i only mention this as if you haven't tried it it may work!!! also another thought is if you can locate the file(say it is running in system32) if it won't let you delete it yourself(as your antivirus isn't doing it) then sometimes you can create a new folder within(say system32(if that is where it is located)) and move the file to the new folder!and usually you can delete that new folder!!if that works though,be sure to get rid of your system restore points as any other file running can retrieve them even after deletion!! you probally know this method,but i thought i should say it incase you or someone else reading this doesn't(would again recommend using McAfee antivirus software instead of Norton!!)hope you get rid of it before it does too much damage to your 'puter!!!!

Vince.

 

Vince you have some good suggestions here but there is one problem with some system files which i have found by trying it on my old test computer. You are unable to move them into another folder anywhere on your computer, even if you did make another folder in your system32 folder the file/system wont allow you to move most files.

I don't know win xp that well and i have set it up on my old computer so i can go into things and look around then doing things like you stated without causing major problems to my main computer..

Today my old computer goes back to having win 98SE placed back on it so my neice can use it to play a few small games i have for her

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