zbook - thanks, starting to accept I will need to reinstall. Thanks for the words on AV software. I thought Defender was protecting me (obviously not!). I took Norton off as I was told by several...

Zemana done (it also found lots of adware but also a virus it appears). I think that finishes the scans. Next (probably tomorrow) I will start working the repair stuff.

Same issue I had before with Malwarebytes - can't connect to service once installed. Lots of hits on that error, so suspect I am not alone. Moving on to Zemana.

And Adw was quick. Attached.

Thanks - will do.

Here is the SuperAntiSpyware finish shot and log. I didn't see any viruses but shocking number of minor issues. Off to do Adw after I skip Kaspersky

EZET finished now - it found 59 items, but all seemed "potentially unwanted" vs a virus. I cleaned all 59 as none looked like something I had to have. Attached is the list and the finish screen.
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Defender ran in full (no offline choice) and found two issues and quarantined them (I then deleted them).

No malware program beyond Defender prior to me starting to work your list.

Windows Defender is done, but not sure what log to upload. I tried a couple of things and it told me I had an invalid file.

ESET ran for 19 hours but seemed stuck on the memory scan (it was...

Still working the scans (each are taking nearly 24 hours) but to answer your HP question, I have a HP muti-device (printer, scanner, etc). If you think I should change something, let me know. Thanks...

Thanks - sorry about the profile - I have both systems but I updated my profile for my desktop.

I have an off-site backup of all my files and on one of the hard drives, but I would like to avoid...

If I should post this in another forum, I am happy to do so (I couldn't find a forum that quite fit my problem).

I was deployed for the last 18 months and my wife intermittently used the computer...

No reboots thus far. Thanks again!

Thank you so much. Slow in replying as my internet is VERY slow (1 Mbps on good days) so it took a while to download the updates. I will start watching for that - I have auto-update on, but I think...

Several times a week, my computer reboots while I am away (never while I am using it). I am not aware of any other issues and while using it, all seems well.

Attached is my file, all help is MUCH...