I'm thinking the fact that I can't open my Task Manager through both ctrl+alt+del and right clicking the task bar (which are the only methods I know) is directly related to this.
I also believe there's some tasks running that are destroying my cpu's speed.
WHAT DO I DO TO RID MYSELF OF THIS MENACE?!
here's the screenshot... the taskbar thing says "Protection error", and has a logo resembling the aol thing...
