John, I'm confused. <haha, go figure!> Anyway, you want me to go download something called Startupcontrol, to prevent 'what' from loading up... the .dll? or that vsmon.exe you mentioned. What would happen if I deleted the vsmon.exe or the .dll? Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA John wrote: The message relates to components of Zonealarm called C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE and vsmonapi.dll One way to stop these from firing up is to use a utility like Startupcontrol to prevent it from loading. You should be able to use that in safe mode if you have it. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.501 / Virus Database: 299 - Release Date: 7/14/2003 Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.