Connected through dial-up to internet. Did not start IE Browser software. Just sat and waited. Looking at screen. 5 Minutes later www.popuppers.com did it's job and invaded the screen with usual popup trash, and browser opening. My Temp Internet dir was empty, nothing unsual with MSCONFIG. REGEDIT found no reference to the problem. No new software added in last 3 months. Add/Remove programmes has no new guests.I do not know what the solution is, but it appears that i am getting closer. All i can guess that there could be some kind of malware hybernating and waiting for a port to open, or pinging out, or something after 5 minutes, before it goes to work. Adaware and Spybots no good. Anybody got any suggestions?

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http://www.cnet.com downloads startup control panel download gives msconfig a user friendly interface for disableing startup scripts and files... c:\windows\downloaded programs\ look at the active x components here right click the e on desktop properties delete all contennt history and cookies... tools folder options show all folders files and extensions etc... c:\documents and settings under each user go to local settings\temp delete contents under each user go to \local settings \temp internet files delete contents under each user go to \local settings\history delete everything here as well... right click the e go to properties carefully go through your security settings pay special attention to activex components.. to truly see what has changed go to start search all files and folders c drive leave search criteria blank hit search this will list all files on system.. sort by date.... now you see what has been modified today nother hint some processees cant be stopped while internet explorer or explorer are open start command prompt (after closing all windows) tasklist (enter) lists all processes to kill one (exampel drake.exe) taskkill /im drake.exe /t /f im states use image name not pid number /t states kill entire tree /f states force this operation in this mode quite often files that windows or av soft were looking at can be modified or deleted now... need more help repost or google...

Hi If you go to http://www.popuppers.com you are taken to a page with the uninstaller. You might have other malware installed too. Two good programs to clean out spyware/malware causing popups, crashes, etc are: Ad-aware and spybot search and destroy. Both are free Both need updating before running. Run them while offline and with antivirus disabled to prevent conflicts. (dont forget to turn antivirus back on when done) Ad-aware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download Prevention program is spywareblaster; it will block many of these malware downloads. Install after cleaning up with ad-aware and spybot. Spywareblaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html Good luck _____________________ I never give up! Windows Update