Jon, I want to thank you for your informative post, I'm sure not only for me, but many members will find this so helpful! Now to answer your questions, I will do my best, I'm no pro, by any means,...

Thank you Mystere! You certainly have a lot of knowledge about this, as you can see I do not, but I am trying to learn, as of now, things are just getting worse!

Old Mike, thank you for the Malwarebytes program you suggested, I did indeed download it, and paid for the Pro edition, it did find malware in my PC, which has since been eliminated, thanks to...

I do not use it for anything anymore! I think its crazy!

Thanks Mystere, obviously I don't know much about it, ok, I get it, no active X, no BHO's, ok I'm learning! What I am trying to say, is my laptop has been slow eversince I upgraded and I'm trying...

Thanks Mike, I have used Malwarebytes before, and I should try again, it must be something, its so slow! I'll post what happens with Malwarebytes:)

I agree with you on many points Bud. Why do they ask if you have the 'free' upgrade or otherwise? Is there a difference? What I like about Win 10, is the classic menu style, my laptop came with 8,...

Thanks for the warm welcome Mike:). I do use IE11, I do not like Edge, for the same reasons you stated. I attempted to download chrome, but it was acting strangely, with pop-ups and malware-type...

I've downloaded Win 10 (free upgrade) and I love it, but the windows edge is another matter, I seem to be having constant problems with spam and spyware/BHO, type things eversince, and the program...