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To: thecow who wrote (33599)	4/7/2003 11:10:20 AM
From: Martin E. Frankel	Read Replies (2) of 110582

Hi TC, Mark and all, Have a wierd problem on my Compaq Evo notebook N800W (workstation notebook) that developed when I plugged into a broadband connection at a Hilton Hotel. Running XP Pro with 2.2 Pentium 4 mobile cpu and 1 gig of ram. Norton antivirus is updated daily and runs in the background plus I do a full scan every night. Since hooking into that broadband connection, whenever I use IE6 (came with XP Pro)... even with a dialup connection, the user name and password "blocks" have words actively running across them just like someone is running IM and I'm a passive watcher. It now even happens at home using a dialup connection. I tried rescanning with NAV and scanned with Panda's Online Active Scan and with TrendMicro's online scanner, but everything came out clean. Anyone have any ideas? I never heard of or saw this problem before. Guess it's time to install a firewall, trojan cleaner, spyware cleaner and registry clearer, but I've been chicken to add them as I've heard pros and cons about so many of the different ones available. TIA for any help at figuring this problem out. Marty

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