"Francis Reid" wrote in message
Try a 30 day free trial of "the Cleaner" from www.moosoft.com
Download it, upgrade to the newest trojan definitions and then run it.
It will tell you about trojans on your machine and fix many of them.
One of the best (and cheapest) security programs I've ever found. I
refuse to operate any of my PCs without it.

Sounds good; but without a functioning OS, I'm more or less hosed until I
get past that step.

Joe F.