thank you everyone. my sons computer has had problems this week and we took it into the shop to get it fixed yesterday so i dont have internet access at the moment at home. im just visiting my friend and shes letting me use hers. hopeing to get his computer back in the middle of the week though. why do people create these viruses, it doesnt get them anywhere, it just means that we end up having to pay shops to fix them, maybe thats the reason though, to create customers for shops lol