WOT just click there and on that page click on the download now and you want to get the one for the browser you use so if you use Internet Explorer choose the one for it IE if you use firefox choose the one for firefox, if you use both then you have to get both for each browser and use the specific browser to get them. that is all there is to it, after that you will see the green yellow or red circles to let you know if you want to go to that page, if it is red stay away.

Spwareblaster would be fine to install and a good idea. Along with a program called Web of trust (Wot) These programs actually can prevent Malware from installing in the first place. Only run 1 Anti Virus Program. Only use 1 Firewall. And only 1 Active Spyware program, like Windows Denfender, in your case Kaspersky probably covers you as it would more then likely have spyware protection and a firewall included. Spywareblaster does not scan in the background so it will never interfere with any other active spyware programs running. You will need to up-date it manually, I check mine once a week. Malwarebytes free will also never interfere with other active scanners, it's called an on-Demand scanner and does not run in the background and does not prevent malware, it is generally used after the fact to remove malware. Malwarebytes is the first tool of choice to use when you think you may have an infection or just addware like myweb search, or the ask toolbar.

Thank you Owbist. On the occasion I have to work with a tech like I just did with an apple tech they confirm what you said. LOL By the way I had a real problem with an upgrade on Itunes. I called and companies usually blame the user but I had proof tthis time and the young tech called his supervisor then he walked me through a fix. It had made my cd/dvd drive icon disappear and unusable. I found a fix on the net that worked then my itunes didn't. So I went round and round for awhile. It all works now.

how was this so called "optimization" done? did you use a registry cleaner product or did someone do this at a shop? If the registry was messed with it could be bad news. There is no real reason to do registry cleaning on the versions of windows from xp forward and doing so by someone that is not very very versed with the registry can lead to serious problems. I never advise the use of any registry cleaners and if you do by all means back up that registry big time before doing so. Let us know exactly what was done I see it is vista