Of course this is not normal, and your ISP has obviously downloaded some garbage on your PC, or some program has done it. Could have something to do with your boot up problems. Dump all of the windows temp folder, cookie folder, AND temp internet files folder, AND your history. Also open windows explorer and look a the temp internet files folder (this is the only way to see the subfolders, they cannot be seen by just opening the temp net files folder) and delete all of them. Go to 'system information' and look under 'running tasks' and what ever is listed there you do not know, do a file find for it and find more about it's properties and you can also see to the right of program listed what they are from. Delete or uninstall any of these are may be suspect for showing the adds. Also, cont-alt-delete and see what is running. I think there is an area at www.grc.com that will scan a PC for spyware.
About popup killer that I saw some mention, I used it on my other hard drive and it was.....ok,.......but did very odd things sometimes. It would get locked in some 'causality loop' at some sites and would cause crashes. I installed it on my new HD and it doesn't work at all! I think it is a newer version since I re-downloaded it instead of using what I had on a CDR disk. So, if you try to use it, don't get the latest version from their website. There are many types of these programs at www.hotfiles.com Type popup and pop up in the search bar. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Mozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have Comcast at Home cable modem service. I have a firewall running, so I usually leave my PC on all the time (I have been having boot-up problems recently). Recently I find pop-up ads all over my screen when I turn my monitor on. No web browser is running (I use MSIE), but they are there anyway. I run ADWARE to delete any software like that (it consistently finds two cookies: DoubleClick and one other), but the pop-ups are there after the next time I have been on-line. Is there anywhere in IE to shut this down or prevent same? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
