wow, quick reponses, thank you. Agent I thank you for the link to the SP2 article. After quickly scanning it I think you are right on the money about the firewall problem. ZT, If I really thought all I had to do to get a fresh start in life was to simply reformat and reinstall I would first find out what those things mean, find out how to do them and then, believe me, I would do it. Please realize I am not a hardcore computer user. I do have KaZaaLite and I have been using it for years with really very little trouble. I know AOL is a bit of trouble too, but I am willing to put up with the minor trouble I get from them and don't plan to uninstall either of these programs. First of all, my kids would kill me and secondly I have been running both these programs for over two years and not had any problems like this before and I am sure I can fix it and still enjoy these programs. Do you think that perhaps my problem is just that I am without my firewall protection?
You said my computer was infected with some sort of virus, do you know what it is and what I can do to fix it?

Thank You