Oh Robin, that sounds like one of the many screwy problems I was having with my old computer. Things would highlight themselves, my task bar would disappear, all these unwanted sites would appear as shortcuts on my desktop and I couldn't get rid of them...Dell told me it was probably Sypware Anyway, my computer was due for a trade in due to other issues, so that's what I ended up doing, getting a new one. I feel for you! It made working on the computer a misery! Hopefully someone has some helpful suggestions for you!

Just saw Paul already has