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I'm a newbie, so please bear with me. I've got this little white box...looks like a drop down menu that keeps showing up on my screen. The box (menu) contains "Yahoo" , blank space, "Kensington" , blank space, "CNET", "CNN'n" and "Mapquest". If I click on any of these "links" it takes me to these sites. The blank spaces don't do anything. I have been to yahoo, mapquest and the kensington site but never to the other three. This little box is driving me crazy...it keeps interupting what I'm doing. If I click anywhere on the screen the box disappears only to return again and again. I've re-started my pc, shut it down for awhile and re-started it a second time, I've gone through every help topic I can find and nothing. If I log off and switch users it doesn't show up. It only comes up when I'm logged in to my personal settings
I hope someone knows what's going on...I'll try anything
PS. I've run scans for two virus' and neither where in my p
Thanks
rbratek
 
those annoying popups! Try a very simple fix...download the Google Toolbar, it has a pretty effective popup blocker.
 
/rbratek/ said:
I'm a newbie, so please bear with me. I've got this little white box...looks like a drop down menu that keeps showing up on my screen. The box (menu) contains "Yahoo" , blank space, "Kensington" , blank space, "CNET", "CNN'n" and "Mapquest". If I click on any of these "links" it takes me to these sites. The blank spaces don't do anything. I have been to yahoo, mapquest and the kensington site but never to the other three. This little box is driving me crazy...it keeps interupting what I'm doing. If I click anywhere on the screen the box disappears only to return again and again. I've re-started my pc, shut it down for awhile and re-started it a second time, I've gone through every help topic I can find and nothing. If I log off and switch users it doesn't show up. It only comes up when I'm logged in to my personal settings.
I hope someone knows what's going on...I'll try anything.
PS. I've run scans for two virus and neither were in my pc...
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It is conceivable that software has been installed on your PC without your
knowledge. If possible, install and run one or both of these utilities,
which will detect that software, and give you the option to vanquish it...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;827315

If these are "Messenger" pop-ups, they can be banished by enabling the XP
built-in firewall (which should be done anyway). See HELP & SUPPORT for
easy instructions.

If this is a program that has been inadvertently installed on your PC,
running ADAware may enable its removal. http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Read the instructions, download, install and run the program. The basic
utility is free. Or try Spybot from http://www.safer-networking.org/

If the pop-ups are site-related - the page that is being visited - then a
pop-up blocker may help. http://google.com Search for "ad blocker".
Or install and use a new-generation browser that has pop-up blocking,
such as the Mozilla suite from http://mozilla.org.

It will selectively block pop-ups and images, and is much more customizable
than I.E. For more, check in with these groups…

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