Thanks for those and that, Judy. I might have done something rash --- no, if anything, I'll get MS to reinstate IE. Later, though.

Those are all good recommendations, which I will follow.

I did uninstall Acrobat Reader. Prior to that, SuperAnti Spy found the White-Gen infection on it, either again or the original one that was never removed. Also, removed the Sentinal Setup and the TruStudio, a free audio program that came from who knows where. Maybe to enhance the
work day of the tech who "dialed in" the computer. This has to do with understanding that somewhere along the line, stuff got put on that I never ordered. How about that?

Anyway, both are gone. Before I go for the mirror phase, I'll run through the scans again after installing the recent items.
Yes, Spyware Blaster is gone. I moved the shortcut into a subfolder holding all the spyware-malware info and programs, and it is dead.i just checked it. Gone to who knows where. I'll reinstall right now. Could have been the Alvira talking.