Could another possibility be that you may have used a 'copied' disk to load windows? One that may have been burnt on an infected machine? If so, then I would have thought you'll be back to square one everytime you reload. Of course, this may not be the case at all. Just a thought. Michele Sayer I wonder if you in fact did get rid of it, when you reformatted and reinstalled, but you were re-infected. Is your computer on a network with other computers? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafael Castillo" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:06 AM Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] System Shutdown It seems I got the Blaster Worm virus. How , when and where I got the virus, I have no idea. I wonder why I was not able to get rid of the virus after reformatting and reinstalling XP. I used Western Digital Data Lifeguard program to reformat the HDD. The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with the OpenOffice CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml