Try the great free tool "Hijack This". Its worked for me in similar situations in the past. http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/hjt.zip Robert -------------------------------------------- Robert B. email: robertb@nerdulator.net www.christmascheese.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinx" To: "pic microcontroller discussion list" Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:02 PM Subject: [OT]: IE help please > A couple of days ago I picked up some sort of clingy executable > that sends my IE off to various sites. I've tried anti-virus, adware, > firewall and scrubbers and manually searched the PC for the URLs > to the sites but the damn thing is still there. I'd like some advice where > to look for it or even more cooties might get in. I'm using XP Pro on > two machines, one is infected, one isn't > > What happens is that when I launch IE and my Google home page > comes up, within a second or two, three more browsers also run. > These are sites for ring tones, amazon, travel, porn, insurance, the > usual spam crap (why on earth would anyone think kindly of a > business that got your attention this way ?) > > It doesn't happen if there's no browser open but I go on-line with > OE or resume a GetRight download > > It does always happen when IE is launched. The three extra browsers > are easy enough to close before they complete loading the sites. After > a couple of minutes another PITA browser opens and then that's it until > I'm done surfing, however long that takes > > TIA > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist