I have an annoying problem. IE starts automatically every now and then and tries to log on to the net, ..greatpage.org. When I am surfing this page suddenly replaces the actual page. I do not remember that I have ever visited this page. What is happening ? I have two friends that have experienced the same problem. Has anybody else this problem ?

Download ad-aware, to get rid of these kind of things. It searches your registry and files for all kind of spyware and related programs. It is free. This is the url http://www.lavasoftusa.com/downloads.html

It would not hurt to also check your connection settings and make sure it is NOT checked to always dial up when internet connection is not present. Go to IE icon right click to properties, connection settings and check there.

Ad-aware removed many items, but the main problem is still there. On startup the page always appear. Is it possible to trace what is happening on startup ?

Hi Ragnar, I checked but couldn't find any log file tracing every step on my hard disk! Anyway, below is some general information regarding how to launch a program at startup. As far as I know, there are 7 ways to launch a program at startup; check whether there's something unusual there: (points 1-4 can be done by Start/Run/Sysedit/OK...) (point 6 includes 1-5 and partly 7) 1-c:\Config.sys (Dos drivers) 2-c:\Autoexec.bat (Dos programs) 3-c:\Windows\System.ini (drivers) especially shell=explorer.exe something.exe (you shouldn't have anything after explorer.exe... Nimda added load.exe here) 4-c:\Windows\Win.ini [Windows] Run= or Load= (programs) 5-Startup Folder at c:Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup 6-Start/Run/MSconfig/OK... Startup tab... 7-Registry (drivers, services and TSRs=resident programs) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run & HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices & HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run (in the Registry, there are also 2 "Runonce"s just close the "Run"s but as the name says it, it's only for the first time -install- but remember that Nimda kept changing Runonce to be loaded again at next startup) Don't forget to save the Registry before changing something there ie 2 hidden & system files: -c:\Windows\system.dat -c:\Windows\user.dat HTH Gérard from Paris, France

HI, Im actually in deep s**t .. . I had to reinstall windows 98 & updated it too. Everything used to work with sound .. . But now some of my WMA files can't run normaly .. . winamp doesn't read some of them & launches microsoft homepage of wm player .. . wmp 6.4 wich always runned before, closes itself & AUTOMATICALLY RUNS IE & GOES TO THE WMEDIA MAIN PAGE ...... . dbpoweramp can't convert an mp3 file to wma anymore, cuz its missing a component .. . BUT ALL THOSE PROGS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, UNINSTALLED &, REINSTALLED :))) im going crazy & i dont find a fix to that s--- .. . i dont wanna upgrade to wmp 7 or 8 cuz my system is running on a 486 cpu & the hard drive is almost quite full .. . & there's no reason why i would do that since it always worked before .. . CAN ANYONE SAVE MY LIFE PLEASE ? i'm about to slit my throat :))