I am running XP Home edition Service Pack 2. Ever since I've instialled it, my system has been running slower than before. Microsoft told me they suspected spyware and had be install and run Spybot. I did. Slight improvement. But then I discovered that the Spybot site appears to be blocked from my Explorer 6.0.

A nice Hestia Customer Care rep Laura, who is also a memebr of DAL, suggested I post my question here as she suspected my PC was infected with Malware/Hijackers. "Some of them prevent users to download known anti-spyware programs and spyware removers or visit the websites," she said.

Can anyone help me with this? Thanks.

Bob