any seen an old Download Protector ?

[moi]

A few days ago, while force-feeding rat poison to
VIRTUMONDE and his brat, E2TL.dll, the puter had been
acting a bit sluggish...using the dozen or so scanners for
viruses, malware, etc found ORTBQIT.EXE which could not be ID'd by anyone, anywhere. really,
Next day, things got very interesting. Here's how:
DOWNLOAD PROTECTION SERVICES for SpywareBlaster,
SpywareGuard, Windows Defender and Spy-Bot S&D !!

any checkboxes were empty for selecting the DLPROSVS
PLUS SpyBot also had lost Tea-Timer, and the Helper box
above it. Immunize toy would not let me check box
at bottom of that page.

An old pal, BHO DEMON, was completely empty, as were
other apps and pgms that usually have half a doz or more.
Any and All ideas, suggestions, admonishments or
conspiracies relating to politicians in Wash DC are welcome

[moi]

HAVING PROBS WITH SPYBOT S&D, SPYWAREBLASTER AND
SPYWAREGUARD...NONE CAN/WILL ACTIVATE DOWNLOAD PROTECTION.

MY BHO DEMON, USUALLY LOADED WITH FILES, IS A TOTAL BLANK.
JUST DL'd FRESH COPY OF SPYWAREGUARD. DL WAS OK.
INSTALLATION WENT DOWN THE TUBE--ONSCREEN MESSAGE
SAID ERROR CREATING REG KEY. FAILED WITH ERROR CODE6.
HANDLE IS INVALID.
THE MSG HAD THE PATH TO WHERE THE BHO SHOULD HAVE GONE:
HKEY LOC MACH\SOFT\MS\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER\
BHO....

HAVE FOUND AND REMOVED VIRTUMONDE, ETC. WHERE HAVE ALL
MY BHO's GONE? WHY THREE OF THE BESTEST PUTER PROGRAMS
ALLLL HAVE THE SAME SYMPTONS?
RUNNING XP PRO, OLD DELL 3100, GIG OF RAM,SATA, ETC.
THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST...moi

[Detox]

I've merged your two threads since they seem to be on the same subject.