I Need Help

[Karmah]

Anything found in the Start->All Programs->Startup can be deleted (by right clicking it and selecting Delete) without worries. But this doesn't usually show malicious programs.

Without you having access to someone knowledgeable who can look at your computer in person, a reformat is not a bad idea. Just make sure you back up everything you want (saving your My Documents folder is usually a good idea). I had the exact same problem as you (with the exact same reaction ) so I know how you feel and in the end I had to reformat my hard drive to get it back up to speed. I'm just lucky my hubby is a talented IT engineer and has helped me learn how to keep my computer running smooth since then.

My best guess is that you've got something bad on your comp thats messing everything up. But don't throw away your computer, since that would be like junking your car because some asshat put sugar into the gastank.

[STINKINLINCOLN]

LOL I was not realy going to junk the computer I was just getting really mad that I cant fix the problem Ithink that I know what the problem is I just can not delete the back ground programs I have tryed add and remove programs took them out but yet they are still running in the background then when i go back to the add remove it will not let me delete them

[Karmah]

It's so tempting to take a sledgehammer to the things, tho isn't it?

Do you know which programs is it you're having troubles getting rid of? And if you do, do you know if they were something you installed or something that was snuck in during an installation? If you have a name, you can check McAfee's virus library at:McAfee's Virus Library

Sometimes something isn't really a virus but will still be listed there and it usually gives you instructions on removal. Be careful tho, cus you can really bork up your comp if you don't know what you're doing. Before you do something drastic, it would still be a good idea to back up your personal info, just in case something goes wrong (trust me on this ).