Looks ok no McAfee files present. Some start up items running those are the 04 entries.Those entries always start when you log on most of them are not necessary and use ram. Close all windows, Open Hijackthis and do a SYSTEM SCAN ONLY place a check mark in the following entries" R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = about:blank O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ehTray] C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SigmatelSysTrayApp] stsystra.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Logitech Hardware Abstraction Layer] KHALMNPR.EXE O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe" O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SUPERAntiSpyware] C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SUPERAntiSpyware.exe If that is paid version don't check it. O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe O4 - Global Startup: HP Image Zone Fast Start.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqthb08.exe O4 - Global Startup: Logitech SetPoint.lnk = ? Click Fix Checked Close Hijackthis Reboot the computer. Check to see if entries are gone by doing another scan and saving a log file. Keep the log for future reference. If any functions are lost Hijackthis keeps a back ups and are easily restored. I don't expect that to be the case. We are not removing anything just stopping it from running. If you don't stay ahead of start ups soon lots and lots of things are running and the computer slows to a crawl.

Zep, thank you so much for all you time and advise. I truly appreciate it. Can I ask you about the log I posted at 14:41 particularly the double entries? Acrobat.com Acrobat.com Ad-Aware Ad-Aware Adobe AIR Adobe AIR Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 CyberLink DVD Suite CyberLink DVD Suite Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer HP MediaSmart TV HP MediaSmart TV HP MediaSmart Webcam HP MediaSmart Webcam LabelPrint LabelPrint etc? Why are there doubles? I have to log off for the night, but if you have any more suggestions I will check back tomorrow. Thanks again. Carol

Well if you had success with Malwarebytes perhaps it is not necessary to run Superantispyware. If you would care to try then as you start the computer keep tapping the F8 button and a screen will appear with start up options. Select safe mode, everything will look totally different to the normal startup because only essential drivers have been allowed to start. My concern was the fact you mentioned AVG was not running properly. That is a good indicator of trouble. On reading the initial post a second time it appears you overcame that issue

There are OCR (optical character recognition) apps for the iPhone, and I'm sure for Android smartphones too. I tried one, "Image To Text". Installed it (free), took a picture of the article I was reading, the app emailed it to me in plain text, near-perfect recognition. See below, only two errors I notice. I imagine it will handle recipes too, though you might have to insert line breaks and indents and so on, before it's a fully formatted "recipe". "TOKYO Times are getting tougher for some of Japan's regional power monopolies KYUSHU and Kansai, Japan's two most .nuclear-dependent regions, are brac- ing for a bitter winter. Citizens of both ar- eas, many of them elderly, have been ad- vised that they may have to turn down the heating because of shortages of nuclear power. It will be another hardship in an al- ready trying year; after the March nth nuc- lear disaster they had to swelter through the summer with restrictions on air condi- tioning. But this time it is not just tepco, operator of the stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima, that"