FYI i am sending this message from my work computer. I just wanted to clear that up because I cannot access the internet at home. I have tried to access this site at home in order to go through the malware steps and I cannot even get to this site when I finally get google to come up. I even tried working in safe mode (and then tried to go back to the time when my computer was working right but it would not let me) and I am still having the same issues. When I tried to access my email on MSN there was a page full of chinese writing on it. I suspect that is malware taking over my machine. Do you have any other suggestions of what I can do? Do you think there is any hope in fixing the problem or should I just try and restore/reformat it?