With XP you have to remove the virus from System Restore also. Right-ckick My Computer, Properties/System Restore. Put a check in the box, reboot. Reverse the process to turn on System Restore again. ************************************************************* Everytime my computer boots up lately, Avast sounds an alarm telling me I have a virus. I do a delete, but it keeps sounding the alarm. I have noticed that my computer hangs up badly on start up and I'm thinking this is the reason. The virus it says I have is W32:NCase.Spy? I thought delete would work, but it doesn't appear to be working cause it always shows back up PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml