The more I think about it, without an emotional or 'girlie' response, the more I CANNOT believe GW would be allowing malware knowingly! If they have a sponsor ad with it in it, I hope they will do all they can to dispense with it and those responsible for it!! Cyber *intrusion* is a reality I'm afraid and most of us will encounter some level of it if we are actively using our computers. The most we can do, is make sure our protection is always updated (I failed to do that on one) and that we take the next step from 'free' to a more advanced protection (I've done that) and be sure we have them properly registered when we go that next step (failed to do that with Malwarebytes, as I mentioned before). As I pointed out, Malwarebytes did not proactively 'block' the IP I detailed above until I not only had gone the next level, but registered it then BINGO--there it was!!!

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop click Here Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application. 1 Make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish. 2 If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. 3 Once the program has loaded, select "Quick Scan", then click Scan 4 The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient. 5 When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results. 6 Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. 7 When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note) 8 The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM. 9 Copy&Paste the entire report in your next reply. Extra Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts,click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process,if asked to restart the computer,please do so immediately. This post was edited by zep516 on Wed, Feb 13, 13 at 16:44

If you're still with me. I ran the REVO uninstaller. Went to Filehippo and downloaded the MBAM (before I restartd the computer, sorry). It restarted after download but now MBAm cannot be recognized in the folder. I get this message: The Name 'C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\MBAM.exe' specified in thetarget box is not valid. Make sure the path & file name are correct. The original MBAM icon on the desktop is there and it is also listed in the list of programs but none of these can be installed or run. Should I run REVO again, that would be my guess but I'm good at confusion, my best feature.

If you feel brave Minnie you can click Start, click Run and type msconfig, click OK. Now click the Boot.ini tab. Look down the list for 'timeout' and it will have a number next to it. By default this is normally 30 seconds, you can change that to 5 and reduce the startup time by 25 seconds. For any lurker who might like this idea you should not do this if you have a dual boot system. You need extra seconds to decide which operating system you wish to boot into.