.......It is now deceased. It is no more. It is a dead little hijacker beastie. It has gone to meet it's maker in beastie hell. In other words, I've just got shut of the little *******! By the way, if it happens to anyone else, the easiest way to get rid of it is Ctrl+Alt+Delete as soon as ya PC has booted up. Scroll down the list, highlight it and then end task then simply delete the thing........oh, that's once you've found it and suffered too many lock-ups to count. The ******* at one point wouldn't even let me into the control panel! Nearly forgot, it calls itself SVCNV.EXE and sticks itself in Systems as a programme. Thanks to all who gave advice. OOB.