yeah sarge i do have avast aintivirise and spybot etc but ll these services are turned off when im playing games.. i again did a complete full un-install of the game and steam again and i am back to sqaure 1 lol, cant load mp at all anymore but sp has stopped laggin like a whore and i should still be able to do zombies hehe. to tell ya the truth im not even really that bothered that its not working,