I attempted to remove Trend Micro per instructions of Ravencajun. It was a most complicated process and I finally gave up on it when I "unzipped" 22 folders half a dozen times and the same unzip box reappeared. Finally, I cancelled all of this incomprehensible stuff and went to the simple "add/remove" option that is part of my Windows program. I clicked on "remove", and it indicated I had about 70mb of Trend Micro stuff, and asked was I sure I wanted to remove. Yes, of course. The green progress bar (made up of little squares) ran in its box for ahile, I was asked to reboot, and it seemed like that was the end. I rebooted and looked in my files for traces of Trend Micro, and could only find a few titles with 0kb content. I deleted these titles. The Trend Micro icons are gone. Am I rid of it? Seems like I am. How to check? RB

The clamwin program did find some trojans but doesnt seem to have the capability to delete the infected files. by the way i am using windows XP home edition. I dont have the exact name of the virus but the the scan read as: F:\backup.bkf: Trojan.Counter.Bytverify FOUND F:\Documents and Settings\Ernest Barnett\Application Data\Explorer\ntbaache.exe: Trojan.PPDoor-2 FOUND F:\Documents and Settings\Ernest Barnett\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\jar\Counters.jar-72df9b1d-4da5d3c7.zip: Trojan.Counter.Bytverify FOUND F:\Documents and Settings\Ernest Barnett\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\jar\jar.jar-fcdb0fa-78cdf8c1.zip: Trojan.Counter.Bytverify FOUND F:\Documents and Settings\Ernest Barnett\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\jar\loaderadv441.jar-6acb51d2-6d7243fb.zip: Java.ClassLoader.24564 FOUND F:\Documents and Settings\Ernest Barnett\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\jar\loaderadv599.jar-5d941347-5efe90c8.zip: Java.ClassLoader.24564 FOUND F:\Documents and Settings\Ernest Barnett\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\jar\menu.jr-4c5becd2-4dac79b4.zip: Java.ClassLoader.24564 FOUND

I don't think 6 years is bad for computer life. Technology changes so fast that many change computers often even if nothing is wrong with the old one. But, have you had the computer looked at? See what it would take to have it fixed? We have a desktop system that is very rarely used. Hubby has a laptop and I have a netbook. I love my netbook (small laptop). I like Apple products. We both have Iphones and I use an Ipad. However, at work we use Dell and MS programs. I also do hubby's contract work bookkeeping, some of which goes on to the accountant. The accountant uses MS. So, no Mac for us. My dad is crazy over his! I don't think though that you have to go with a Mac to avoid virus problems. You don't open email attachments unless you know what they are - right? I'd be curious as to where you're picking up the virus.

Thanks for the comments. I checked some reviews and AVG was highly rated. Microsoft Essentials had good reviews too as along as it's paired with a third party spyware. This post was edited by maire_cate on Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 10:30