Hi Daydreamer,
Get yourself a Virus Scanner - free ones are available - and quick!
They are not an optional extra any more - you really MUST get one, and find a Firewall at the same time, I use Sygate Personal Firewall - it is free from Sygate.com and mmakes quite a difference.
Don't delay - you really need to do this RIGHT NOW.
Then get Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy. Both free.
Surfing the net without these is almost as risky as unprotected sex!!!
I was trying to send a picture file from something I'd scanned but got refused - reason being there's a virus attached to the pic! I scanned the picture into my computer, how did it happen and what can I do to stop it from happening?

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