Thanks.....I'm standing by hoping someone can help. I'm trying not be be an ass...le......but this is a big problem for me.....and I have not seen anything quite like this....ever.

By the way, I am working from the only working computer in my house. The situation is the same here.....Spybot v.1.3......the updater does not have any error messages or version update requests...and I have never gone into settings.....this is admin. controlled and no one has access to this one.....but as you agree, let's move on....and thanks for your help.