As a certified anticomputergeek all I know is that the computer freezes to a crawl until I do a adaware scan and then Norton automaticly fixes that same file (4 times now). Right now if I search for it as a file there is no such file. The first time this file showed up the computer went blue screen and warned of a critical loss of memory due to file 1649etc. I suspect I picked it up at strangecosmos.com I sort of assumed that someone had succeeded in taking over this computer remotely. I read something about that once but I don;t know enough to know the symptoms.
Downloads of any kind are now impossible even with a Norton repair. defrag is no longer functional, nor is a windows scan.
I have resisted doing a complete wipe and reinstallation of Windows and data, since I know there will be many programs that will be lost for lack of a disk or lost keys or my own boneheadedness.
Are there any special advantages in simply getting a new puter and load the dvd data I copied off this ol hard drive or would I possibly transfer the problem??