Hmmm, it sounds like your grandson gave you your birthday gift a little too early this year!
From your last sentence, I believe you are using Windows XP. If so, is it Professional?
Are you able to run .exe files? IF you attached the self-extracting version of HijackThis to this thread, would you be able to download/save and run it?
Further more if this is an XP machine, can you do this to see if it found and replenished possibly deleted system files:
START > RUN > scf /scannow > OK (XP CD might be needed and also there is a space between sfc and /scannow).
Sorry, I can't seem to be able to attach .exe files, may be due to my 'Junior Member' status, may be Jholland could do it?
~TL
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