When I boot up my system, I get an internet explorer box that says it cant view webpage without connection to the internet...And approx every 5-7 minutes I get a pop up from a-d-w-a-r-e.com and the webpages all have wierd addresses that end in neutron or muon. I have tried several programs but cant find what is causing this or how to get rid of it

A lot of malware uses randomly named files that cause detectors to miss them. If this just started happening within the last few days the best thing to do would be to restore a previous registry. That way, even though the files are still there they won't be running. Start up the computer. Before the OS starts loading start tapping F8. A menu should come up. Choose 'command prompt only'. At the c:\> prompt type scanreg/restore and enter. Then choose to restore a registry with a date that precedes the problem.

Also worth running SpyBot Search & Destroy. Opt for their hosts file option because a-d-w-a-r-e.com is one of the listed items. This will stop much of their garbage from opening. DerekW

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I suggest you try some other programs aswell such as XoftSpy - http://www.paretologic.com/xoftspy/lp/11/ Or Windows Defender Beta 2 - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx i tried these they are great pieces of software clean my machine up a treat, they are free by the way, just thought you might want to know I Don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.