well guru, I have done everything you asked, ran the spybot and checked all red (there were no green) and clicked Fix Selected problems. I then rebooted, but everything is still the same. As soon as I click ' Log On' in my two on-line bank accounts I get 'Page Cannot be Displayed' Cannot Find Server or DNS error. Also unable sign in to MSN messenger or hotmail. This is really doing my head in. Anyway thanks for trying to help me.