ad-aware is awesome!
 

just in case you haven't heard about it or have it, ad-aware is a program that will scan your computer for third-party software that promotes pop-ups and kazaa-like advertising thingies....

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

free!

Use it all the time....

hehe i'm the "family" tech....have saved numerous computers with ad-aware..

SpyBot is also good...

I have zone alarm

That's different, but if properly setup it can help stop the problem also.

Ok, i got the B!zomb setup here

Zone alarm - keeps the crap out

Cookie wall - manages kookies (free from analog x)

and

Adaware - nukes the rest

well spybot chatches stuff that adware ignored, and no they are not backups.

hmmm spybot just deleted my friends winsock.dll didn't know that was possible format/reinstall lol

chris

lol, it did it to me once too, biut the file was so infected with adware that no stopper could remove it. a sfc command will fix it. just make sure you delete the file from quarantine