Hi Liam
Thanks for your response - however I am afraid having done what you suggested the problem still remains.
I ran HJT - fixed the checked items as you suggested and searched for the files and folders none of which were present.
On rebooting the computer and rescanning with HJT all of the items 016 which you marked are still there.
I also asked it to delete a few more 016 items that I do not use which were a Zonelabs download, QuickTime install and two links to web cams that I have only looked at once in the distant past - those 4 items are still there as well.
The following is the relevant section of the latest scan
O16 - DPF: {15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6} -
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} -
O16 - DPF: {2359626E-7524-4F87-B04E-22CD38A0C88C} -
O16 - DPF: {2FC9A21E-2069-4E47-8235-36318989DB13} (PPSDKActiveXScanner.MainScreen) -
http://www.pestscan.com/scanner/axscanner.cab O16 - DPF: {31E68DE2-5548-4B23-88F0-C51E6A0F695E} (Microsoft PID Sniffer) -
https://support.microsoft.com/OAS/ActiveX/odc.cab O16 - DPF: {41B27BA2-0910-11D3-8E05-00C04F5A01DB} -
O16 - DPF: {41F17733-B041-4099-A042-B518BB6A408C} -
O16 - DPF: {4E888414-DB8F-11D1-9CD9-00C04F98436A} -
O16 - DPF: {54771E6F-A5A2-4413-8FB8-7B8F85398174} -
O16 - DPF: {556DDE35-E955-11D0-A707-000000521957} -
http://www.xblock.com/download/xclean_micro.exe O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} -
O16 - DPF: {638AF6A2-81A1-4655-9FFA-9FC09CDE22CF} (CScanner Object) -
http://www.pestscan.com/scanner/ppctlcab.cab O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) -
http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2...ll/xscan53.cab O16 - DPF: {79E0C1C0-316D-11D5-A72A-006097BFA1AC} (EPSON Web Printer-SelfTest Control Class) -
http://support.epson-europe.com/self...g/ESTPTest.cab O16 - DPF: {814EA0DA-E0D9-4AA4-833C-A1A6D38E79E9} (DASWebDownload Class) -
http://das.microsoft.com/activate/ca...ail/DASAct.cab O16 - DPF: {9059F30F-4EB1-4BD2-9FDC-36F43A218F4A} -
O16 - DPF: {917623D1-D8E5-11D2-BE8B-00104B06BDE3} -
O16 - DPF: {A7E092C3-692A-11D0-A7E5-08002B322F3B} -
O16 - DPF: {C1BAC744-8F0B-11D0-89E7-00C0A8295197} -
Have you any other ideas?
Regards
John