Okay... I have both AdAware and Spybot, but I just found I had to update Spybot to version 1.2. When I did this I found spyware embedded on my PC that the first version of Spybot missed, so that may be how and why "runsearch" got in there... It's not much of a nuisance now, (runsearch) as it's not set up as my active opening home page anymore, but it still sits in there as IE's default home page and only search engine... Since Norton didn't detect it or doesn't supply any current fixes for it, I will try (when I get the time) things like Housecall or Panda to see if their software worm or trojan killers have any effect... Thanx, greywoulf To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk