Just ran Malwarebytes,no probs found,def legit version of XP downloaded plenty stuff from microsoft websites in the past,just seems to be something that has happened since I upgraded the machine,googled it and as you say I am not the only one with the problem,case of to much advice, already downloaded and ran winsockxpfix with no joy.
This kit seems pretty new so no third party seems to have the drivers yet.
