When looking to check whether i had got rid of the msblast worm I found something called TkBellExe in my Reg Editor . Curious to find out about it I entered it into a search field in a forum and got loads of returns relating to spyware, although none of them explained what it is. is it spyware? or is it meant to be there? I Hope someone can tell me Many thanks Neil also what is the best thing (free) to identify /get rid of spyware

Sorry, meant to say that in Reg Editor , i found it under HKEY Local machine\software\microsoft\windows\current version\Run

Get spybot search and destroy. It is one of the best out there. Mac

hey go to this web site below and click on list where it says, "A comprehensive list of programs that are loaded at start-up" Then click on FULL LIST. Scroll down some till you get to a Alphanumeric index. There you can click on T. This list tells you what these things are that are in our startup list and if you can get rid of them or not. Hope this helps you. http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm#Select later

Its a file that belongs to Real player. You can disable it, but when you run Real player, it will go back...here is a reference for ya... http://www.mikescomputerinfo.com/TkBellExe.htm

Thanks everyone Neil