Roger, I'll be glad to share any solution I come up with....and hope to heck it is NOT "fdisk"! Lee Gentry 360-668-1298 425-343-2295 (cell) legentry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: kegswindows-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kegswindows-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger James Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:09 AM To: kegswindows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [kegswindows] Re: Casino pop-ups Lee I have the same problem with my computer. FDIC I the last thing I = can do. But I really don't wont to do that. So If any one has a solution = please let us know. Roger people will forget what you said .... people will forget what you did .... but people will never forget how you made them feel ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Lee Gentry" <lee.gentry@xxxxxxx> To: <kegswindows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:26 PM Subject: [kegswindows] Casino pop-ups >=20 > HELP... >=20 > Got a Win98 computer with a mind of it's own. Internet Explorer will > suddenly open and start downloading assorted casino websites. Of = course > everytime you try to close a screen more will pop up ..the task bar > fills with pop up screens. >=20 > Have used Task Manager to close EVERYTHING listed except Windows > Explorer. >=20 > Have run and re-run Norton AV 2001 to see if it could pick up anything > with no luck. I cleared the Exclusions list in case the "nasty" was > hiding from Norton that way. >=20 > Computer is inline with DSL thru a NAT "firewall" router (Linksys). >=20 > Whatever triggers the "nasty" to start opening casino sites does not > seem to be related to internet use. Simply booting the computer and > waiting a while is enough. >=20 > Right now I am using a pop-up killer to suppress the casino > screens...the computer is unusable without it. >=20 > Anybody else seen anything like this? We have no idea where the = "nasty" > came from. The computer user swears she has never visited a casino > site. >=20 > Regardless of how we got it, we have some sort of malicious program = that > uses IE and web sites to make the computer unusable and I really need = to > get rid of it. >=20 > HELP...any ideas less painful than "fdisk" >=20 > Thanks > Lee Gentry >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20