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[Lorna_Fraser]

I recently posted a problem I had, where a program was installing itself onto my PC without my concent. I took up the advise given, and installed 'ad-aware'. Having scanned my system & putting all of the findings in quarentine, It seems to have stopped the program from comeing back. However, I am now getting a constant supply of pop-ups when i`m on-line, mostly porn. I have a pop-up killer, but this doesnt seem to stop them. I have no idea what is causing this to happen. Any ideas?

[anthomson]

Sound like it might be the Messenger service. This is a facility built in to windows for network administrators but now commonly hijacked by spammers. See the following AB question, it tells you how to disable the Messenger Service : question 31192

[Kempy]

You may still have some spyware or adware on your system. Log onto the symantec site Symantec.co.uk and run the free system scan. I run Norton Systemworks and Norton Internet Security I highly recommend installing these once you have purged your system as they block at least 95% of Any Spyware Viruses and trojan horses.