Topic: guessing this is a software problem

[twiggy]

Yesterday this window pop-up totaly out of no where.



Now when you press either button it closes and cumes back again stright away you can't do aything with out it poping-up and being there, its there now as i type this messege.

 :-\any ideas?

[Sandra]

You havent installed any old DOS based games or programs have you Mark  

[twiggy]

Nope not that i no of

[twiggy]

You reckon a system restore will do it? But if you're thinking its a software problem it wont work will it?

[Sandra]

It should work if its a software problem but not if its hardware Mark.
Sorry I havent had time to see if I could find anything about it yet so a restore may be worth trying  

[Simon]

Just as a precaution, can I suggest a complete virus scan, plus Ad Aware and Spybot scans to see what shows up?  Maybe something is trying to lauch, that shouldn't be?

[GillE]

My other half, who's totally computer illiterate, was telling me earlier that some of his colleagues at work had also experienced this problem.  They were certain it was a virus that the AV companies hadn't yet managed to get to grips with  .

Sorry to be so vague but I thought it worth mentioning.

Gill

[HeddaLora]

Sounds a whole lot like adware. I agree with previous recommendations. Here are some links:

-- Download AdAware, check for updates, run it and remove whatever it finds

-- Download, update and turn on SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard.

[Rodders]

...not to mention Spybot Search & Destroy.