Thanks Whatthe and ric-o, i checked the Symantec site and deleted the keys from the registry, but then.............(spooky noise in the background)..............i was just about to finish on the PC and Sygate came up and said that the computer was trying to connect to Underground lair, so i still have something there. (before it was trying to connect to Belgian dip, arrgh just typing the name winds me up)

I got something from lavasoft, but it was a small file that i put in the same folder as ad-aware and it hasn't done anything. Is there a way you have to add the latest signatures to ad-aware or do you just put it in the same folder?

The good thing about these things is that they encourage you to learn about your registry etc, the bad thing is the waves of frustration as they re-appear like phantoms to haunt you.

(takes deep breath)