We have a user that is getting pop-ups on his desktop every 10 seconds or so. Is there a place I can find where this coming from in the registry? I am running Windows XP Professional. The security screen is coming up asking if I want to install a program.
Rob
Rob,
Please turn off your HTML and do yourself a favor and trim that signature not to
divulge so much information - you've heard about identity theft issues...
If the popups are occurring in an "offline" situation, you have a Spyware
problem.
Removal Tool, your choice, novice users, Lavasoft's Ad-aware,
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/privacy___security/aaw6181.exe
Lavasoft/Ad-aware home:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Advanced users, SpyBot Search & Destroy,
http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su1669/spybotsd12.exe
SpyBot home:
http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
Install either but both are not necessary, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use
online update feature to obtain the latest reference files, scan for Spyware
much like you would with your pre-installed anti-virus scanner.
Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware pests.
HTH
--
siljaline
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
