Stopping an annoying page from poping up

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Jonny

When i start up the explorer, a page will start to run
called "odysseusmarketing.com" and then it shuts off.
it interupts my screen as it starts up and shuts off
this web page. Any ideas on getting rid of it?
 
Jonny said:
When i start up the explorer, a page will start to run
called "odysseusmarketing.com" and then it shuts off.
it interupts my screen as it starts up and shuts off
this web page. Any ideas on getting rid of it?
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Playing with P2P (file and music sharing) will cause you a lot of grief.

Known parasite.
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ClientMan.html

The best spyware removal tools are Ad-Aware available from
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/ or
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ and SpyBot available from
http://tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/ and update the reference files
through their Online update function. Run them and select all items and
remove.
You may have to reboot and rerun a couple of times to completely remove it.
Also run the Immunize function to
prevent these nasties from installing again.

Install a good HOSTS file.
Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File.
Download the hosts.zip file.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Update the reference file through the online update function.
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