okay, nice that you figured out what happened and could make your system stable again by yourself 8)

Essexboy, when he comes, will very likely advise you to run OTL:
http://www.geekstogo.com/2010/05/27/otl-by-oldtimer-a-modern-replacement-for-hijackthis/

and upload the log here… I’m not familiar with that at all, never had to use it. You can always run it and see if anything suspicious appears in the log. As to taking subsequent action if necessary, you’ll have to wait for Essexboy to tell you :wink: … don’t know where the guy is tbh ??? ;D