I saw a program around a while ago that was called winad.exe that does what you're talking about. It may have been installed as part of some crapware, or just through one of the approx. 654651657968 bugs in IE. I just deleted the file and all was well. Michael Karasch Technical Support Specialist - SOIS karasch@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.uwm.edu/~karaschm =20 "Blessed are the geek, for they shall internet the Earth." -----Original Message----- From: Carl Arnoult [mailto:CArnoult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 3:24 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Internet Pop-up windows Has anyone encountered a problem with malicious code being written to a =3D workstation that causes Internet windows to pop up all by themselves =3D without the browser being open? If so, any suggestions for getting rid =3D of it? Thanks... carl =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm