...caught a bug...

**Darkest Angel** · June 4th, 2005, 11:41 PM

...or something. Its trying to add a 'net connection to the comp. What is it, how do I get rid of it? For free, of course. [img]wink.gif[/img]

**Dajistano** · June 4th, 2005, 11:44 PM

And I'm getting more pop-ups now than ever.

**Darkest Angel** · June 4th, 2005, 11:45 PM

...funny that, I am not actually getting pop-ups...but this other thing is just super-duper obnoxious. -_-

**Street Worm** · June 4th, 2005, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by Dajistano?:
And I'm getting more pop-ups now than ever.

That's puberty for you..............

http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/boy/boys_puberty.html

**thatchetguy** · June 5th, 2005, 01:11 AM

You mean minion, right? [img]wink.gif[/img]

Odds are a spyware program is running in the background, trying to get a phone connection to call long distance... Download winpatrolWinpatrol as a nice free and easy way of seeing what's loading on start-up (much easier to fix things than running msconfig). Actually, you can turn off EVERYTHING except your firewall, anti-virus, and DSL connection (if that's what you have). This should help a bit.

**Dajistano** · June 5th, 2005, 01:20 AM

Originally posted by Street Worm:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dajistano?:
And I'm getting more pop-ups now than ever.

That's puberty for you..............

http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/boy/boys_puberty.html<hr /></blockquote>[img]biggrin.gif[/img]

**toymank** · June 5th, 2005, 01:47 AM

I dont get it, why did you show DA the boys one? [img]wink.gif[/img]

**Skullshine** · June 5th, 2005, 12:12 PM

Ad-aware or Spybot should work.....

**thatchetguy** · June 5th, 2005, 12:25 PM

While I highly recommend both Ad-Aware and Spybot, they don't always turn off programs that are currently running in the background (some of the spyware turns itself back on while you watch). My toolkit includes both of those (you always need TWO anti-spyware programs, since they don't always catch everything by themselves), WinPatrol, and Avast AntiVirus and Zone Alarm Firewall. All great free prgrams, constantly updated.