:o Ah... Ahem!... Er sorry about that... my computer is my friend,my computer is my friend,my computer is my friend,my computer is my friend,my computer is my friend,my computer is my friend, (repeat until funny) :lol:

Ok got a little paranoid there, lads! Time to hide HJT and all that from my desktop and get on with life.

Adh mor ort agus slan abhaile!!

heey
A bit late, but download stinger, (http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe)
Ad-aware, cws shredder, spybot search & destroy, and even a free anti- virusprogram like Grisoft AVG "or" antivir
Install all and update defenitions.
Then reboot in safe mode (press f8 during boot) and do all scans.
The msmsgs.exe is in your case a virus! It's in the wrong folder. search google for it.
Restart again and grant no program access except firefox, zonealarm itself and the svchost file. (needed for win xp to go on internet). Then run the scans again.
For the rest of your computer usage, make a user with limited access. http://support.microsoft.com/default...279783&sd=tech
Much safer to work in.
good luck.
Mifa

well, that's my plight. Who's got an answer

Hi ,welcome to Daniweb ,we ask that you not piggieback another thread ,please start your own ,with a better explanation of you problem and what you have done so far to correct it ,thanks