OK....my AV (AVG) will not load, cannot be started manually. Double-click, hourglass for a microsecond and then nothing. The same thing applies to my TASK MANAGER (Win XP)...no open, so I can't see what processes are running.

But wait...I've got Swat-It, which has a process viewer. Lo and behold, I see a process called ydjfnj.exe that is totally new to me. I googled it and got NO RESULTS. When I killed the process, my AV and task manager became functional again. I'm scanning with AVG even as I type, but I'm curious as to if anyone else is familiar with this "ydjfnj.exe" bastard that has invaded my box. I'll let y'all know if AVG or Swat-It finds anything in a bit.