Thank you, that BFU is pretty cool. However I have to run it every time I start my PC. Otherwise Windows just disappears. My AV is working and Windows firewall. I am going to look into those other links you suggested. Are there other scripts for BFU?

As to the problem with ther Users\name\'\ files. I don't know where I go them from, and the \'\ folder does not show up in Windows explore, but does when I search for it. Panda deleted nearly 40,000 files from that folder yesterday. Then i ran a search and there was even more. I disconnected from the internet and deleted all the files again and there was even more when I again did a search. Then I remembered Command prompt. I DIR -d \'\ and it must of taken at least 3 mins to list the files in that directory. then it was a simple DEL \'\ and all gone. I've just repeated the search and there are files there in \'\ but when I delete them it says "no longer locates in \'\" . So it looks like they've gone.
Sorry if Ive rambled but they took up a lot of harddrive and I wondered if anyone else had had this problem?

One last question does it make any differnce it I disable the DHT and TLS options?

Again thank you for your help.

Disabling DHT & TLS might mean that LW uses a bit less of your computer's resources. You can disable them if you like! This thread (from another forum) suggests that TLS might not even be in use anyway.
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I really think you should go to a site that can offer you specialised malware help

I'm having exactly the same problems... keeps restarting on it's own, and also is loading the < ' > folder with thousands of program bits. will try those solutions when I get home... Please post if you get the problem solved, and by which method.