This morning my Win Patrol scotty has been woofing at me every few seconds about something the title of which, when I copy and paste, makes my typing go weird, typing in letters I am not pushing etc. It only happens when I try to copy and paste the title of the exe file it references, that is "???" followed by heavy-looking, bold "l" then the letters "WkDetect dot exe" not written out like that, though. There is also sometimes a weird wingding, like an open rectangle standing up veritcally between the question marks and ell.

I have told it "No" each time it comes up, then the WP little box pops up to tell me I have denied a registry change.

I looked up the exe file online and have disabled my Automatic Windows Update.

I looked at my Tasks thingie in WP, which it recommended, but I don't know what is legit and what might not be. This was the new-to-me refurbished Dell we bought in January.

Supposedly, if I buy WP PLUS, they will help me understand and deal with all of this. Is this something of their own to push sales? Is it worth buying the PLUS?

Do any of you know what I cna do to shut the dog up?:-)

Thanks!

kat