i have not ran the spybot yet but i will disable or uninstall kaspersky when i do.i'm prompted by windows defender that is has been stopped and will only run intermittently now. on another note, when i got home my pc was on and inside my tower was a whistle sound...horn type alarm maybe? my pc wasn't waking up to the usual commands such as any key and mouse clicks. i had to unplug my tower to get it to reboot and come on with windows up. just curious about the alarm sound...any ideas?