Offline pop ups

Try a program called seek and destroy, I find it finds spyware thatr adware ect don't

spybot seek and destroy?

Tried it aswell as Ad-aware and Spy Sweeper

Maybe a simple software that is loaded during startup in the registry.
Does the popup have any name ?

it's a an ad for smillies

try running msconfig from the run command on the startup menu and see if there is anything running in startup that you don't reconize

I'd go with Dutcho:

either use msconfig in WinXP (works in other Windows versions as well)
to check for any unusual tools started during boot into the Windows Desktop,
or if you are really confifent have a look at the registry directly.


Maybe it's of help if u post what MSConfig shows you as being started during boot.

If you look at the directories of the startup files you can normally tell which ones belong to the software you know you have installed. If your unsure about an item unclick it anyways, you can always tick it again after the re boot if you find you needed it

Looks good so far.
Nothing unusual that's starting up, at least nothing that looks like spyware

Not too sure about this "Search" entry though.
Rest shouldn't invoke any dialups to the net. Try to disable that one, see what happens

unlikely this but if using xp then look in your Start > Connect to > Show all connections and see if there is anything there that shouldn't be (should only be your isp) ... if others there then delete them

I stopped that search from start up and tracked it down and removed it and everything seems to be ok I'll keep ya posted

Aye,

hope that "Search" entry was the one to blame hehehe. Anyway, keep me posted and we'll see

*crosses fingers*