jwperk, wccawa, and gottfried, thanks for the leads. I installed the Microsoft AntiSpyware program. It identified the 25 programs and files named iSearch.DesktopSearch. But after it removed them, they were still there. I reran the program before and after rebooting and each time it finds the spyware. Adaware and others find it but say they cannot delete. Is there a problem I'm missing here? Thanks to anyone who can help. The spyware has really slowed me down. Swampcracker