> desktop, but as soon as I reached the desktop the "Internet" icon
> started to show a "starburst effect" (no kidding) and multiple copies of
> the connection window began to appear--like really fast, filling up my
> taskbar and continuing to spawn the app way faster than I could hope to
> kill it. In desperation I killed the X-server. In 3 years of using
> linux this hasn't happened before, and I hope it doesn't again.
>
I have had this happen to me as well. Just surfing along and
its like I am hijacked but I am sure none of the pages I am
on do that.
