tomcat619

One thing I forgot to mention is yesterday I also downloaded service pack 3 for XP. Strangely enough today I got another Windows update and the problem went away. NEVER MIND

Yesterday for no apparent reason Word and Outlook started prompting for a macro templet. The popup says "the file Normal already exists. do you want to replace the existing file". This is like the old w97m.melissa virus of the 90's. I ran three different antivirus programs and a trojan cleaner with no solution. I know macros are tricky but there has to be a way to kill this thing. It all started when I was cleaning out some unwanted programs, defraging, and running disk check. I even tried to repair and reinstall office to no avail. It saved all the settings. Can I remove office and clean up the registry keys? I read somewhere in another forum to just format the drive and start over. That seams a little extreme to me and about 7 hrs work. I'm open to suggestions Thanks Tom