Thanks for all your advice DMR. The problem has been solved. Having went through the whole virus/spyware/malware cleaning thing we assumed the cd-rom must be faulty, we bought and installed a new DVD...

Thanks for the reply DMR.

Technicians at the retailer where the computer was bought (a major Australian homeware/electronics chain) have looked at the computer twice and have removed spyware but...

Hi, I have the following problem...

The cd-rom on my dad's computer opens and closes continuously, the computer is obviously infected. First I suspected the problem was spyware. I tried: Adaware,...