Must admit I do need some help. Had family in for funeral and some were using my laptop. Think my nephew may have been rather liberal in his use. Computer goes to About/Blank when try to log on to internet and many spyware ads appear, on and on. Below are my startup list report and HijackThis log as instructed to supply. I will keep my laptop shut down but will check my e-mail on PC's. I will need rather specific instructions because I am not real software savvy. Thanks for any help you may be able to give. StartupList report, 7/23/2007, 2:35:14 PM StartupList version: 1.52.2 Started f