My suggestion would be to remove the harddrive from the old computer and either buy an enclosure (pretty cheap on EBay and plug the enclosure into a USB port and access the files that way (it will show up as another drive much the same as a thumbdrive does) or, if you have another desktop, install the old HD in the new computer and access it that way...

This is posted primarily as a reply to Littleredhen and her concerns with/of her hubs e-spying/keystroke logging frenzy. If you know her, please be sure that she is at the least aware of this... Thanxxx S.B.W. Concerned about your privacy and being 100% certain of it? Maybe you should be running a LiveCD and storing everything possible online or even better a "live" Key/Card with an entire OS, all your software, and all your personal files on it too, if not encrypted on a password protected key/card, then at least on a card/key that is password protected. Back to the woods as soon as dinner is done....... You Are Hereby Instructed To Continue Having A Great Day! Here is a link that might be useful: E-spying in divorce cases, the courts rule...

Could it be that these were previously "hidden files" that you chose to make visible? I think Avast does not scan hidden files. If no infection was shown, I would not be concerned about those that were not scanned. I'm sure you also scan with other programs that search for malware, so don't be overly concerned. Just my opinion, of course.

zep et. al.: Sorry I didn't get back sooner but with my limited experience, I was a little leary of doing the uninstall of network adapter. However I finally realized that at worst it would only mess up the laptop and not the other devices that are connected and working on the secured network. So: I just uninstalled and rebooted. The adapter did reinstall but I am still not getting a proper connection although things have slightly changed. The secured network got connected, but did not even ask for the security password and simply went to 'validating identity' and simply hung. It didn't even time out. I checked firefox to see if it was expecting a password there, as was the initial case to get connected to the Guest Network (where I am again now), but it couldn't find the server. You may recall, that previously the issue was that the secured net would ask for the password, but find it unacceptable and give 'limited or no connectivity. Is there a way to force the network to ask for the password?? Any other ideas? Eventually, I will probably find a way to get a knowledgeable person out to my house where they could diagnose this. FYI, I am creating another post about security updates that may tangentially be connected to this thread. I apparently successfully installed sp3 but 'security update' keeps wanting to install it AGAIN! I was worried I might not be able to shut down to reload the adapter, but I was able to cancel the update.