I downloaded the program in the second link provided by TCS and that sorted it straight away!
Thanks for that, it's a great relief to get the old laptop sorted.
Just for informations sake, the AVG log said the following: (ignore the smily faces, it should be a comma followed by a back slash)
Trojan horse Dialer.17.H, sporder.dll, 8.27kb C
WINDOWS\SYSTEM\sporder.dll
Trojan horse Dialer.17.M, newdotnet6_38.dll, 224kb
C
Program Files\NewDotNet\newdotnet6_38.dll
Trojan horse Dialer.17.M, NEWDOTNET6_38.dll, 224kb
C
PROGRAM FILES\NEWDOTNET\NEWDOTNET6_38.dll
Regarding the system restore calender, the left arrow didnt work on my system for some reason, but thanks for the suggestion as a lot of the time, it can be sorted by something that straighforward.
Once again, thanks for the help and suggestions
