my scan will never get passed this item. It shows in the path as it is running, a bunch of parrallel curvy vertical lines,that just keep adding curvy vertical lines, and goes on forever (well, not actually forever, or I wouldn't know it yet)

the path:

c/windows/application dadt/synantec/common client/ (then all those lines I was talking about)

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Norton Antivirus.

I also seem to have a problem in the Zone Alarm files and the internet logs area.

I have run lavasoft,

deleted *.tmp files

uninstalled lavasoft

deleted Zone Alarm logs

Help would be appreciated

Run scandisk on the hard drive and let the program fix any problems you find.If scandisk fails to run completely,it may be time for a full Windows ME reinstall.Good luck.