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To: R Jennings who wrote (38026)	11/23/2003 9:03:18 PM
From: dpl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

I already have adaware and spybot and zonealarm. Thanks for the effort anyway...David

To: R Jennings who wrote (38026)	11/25/2003 11:51:51 PM
From: edward miller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

I have a question about "Spy Wiper". Is anyone familiar with this? I had a bad experience this morning before leaving for work. When I opened my internet browser, instead of going to my home page I was redirected to advertising for Spy Wiper. Something obviously had control of my computer because my CD opened and several message windows opened saying basically if you can see this window you need to buy Spy Wiper, etc. At home I have a Sony PC with Windows ME. I access the internet through a router and thought that I had all the correct security set. I tried to get rid of the stuff by using my popup blocker but all I did was disable my IE browser as well as the popups. Now I can't even get a browser to come up. Instead I get a window, not a browser, that looks like a link to some sex site. I am really pissed. I have never had a problem like this before. The only thing different that I have done this week is search AutoTrader.com and the website for the local newspaper in Portland for car ads. I plan to look tonight using Google before I leave work to see if I can find anything, but I thought I would post this to see if anyone has dealt with this crap and can provide some direction as to what I need to do. Ed Miller