baddk,
Whenever posting questions on these forums, please give us as much information about the computer as possible. The operating system, processor speed, brand name of the computer (if there is one), the EXACT types of pop-up or errors you're receiving, and in your case, the type of internet connection you are using. The more information you give us, the better informed our answer will be. Enough of that, back to your question.
First, because it may be spyware or virus related, please install or run the free programs that are listed at this link:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=1313&start=0
Next, because "Messenger" can cause this type of thing, please follow the procedures below to disable it:
In order to stop the Windows Messenger program from loading at start up, but still allow it to be available when needed:
1. Open Windows Messenger by clicking on Start-Run, type 'msmsgs.exe' (without the quotes), click OK, or click Start-Programs-Windows Messenger.
2. Click on 'Tools' in the upper left, choose 'Options'.
3. Click on the 'Preferences' tab, then UNCHECK the box next to 'Run this program when Windows starts'.
4. UNCHECK the box next to 'Allow this program to run in the background'.
5. Click on 'OK'.
In order to stop it from running when opening Outlook Express:
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Click on 'Tools' in the upper left, choose 'Options'.
3. On the 'General' tab, UNCHECK the box next to 'Automatically log on to MSN Messenger Service'.
Next, click on Start-Run, type "msconfig", Start Up tab, and uncheck likely suspects.
Hope this helps.
Grif
hi, for some reason audio ads keep appearing on my comp. when i alt+ctrl+delete, nothing shows in the program list, and the ads change everytime i hear them. i've run ad aware and spybot, and nothing can fix it. is there any way i can get rid of these annoying without having to reformat??? the only thing that i've downloaded recently was STEAM, which is a program to play the online game counter-strike on. can anyone add insight? thanks a million.

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