IIRC CoolWebSearch also generates files like that. Only way to get
ride of it is run CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

After that run Spybot Search and Destroy or/and Ad-Aware.
http://www.spybot.info/
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
and look for mirrors

Toomas



----- Original Message -----
From: "joseph marty" <[log in to unmask]>


> My guess would be that you have a virus since none of those things you
mention as showing up in the startup file look like anything I've ever seen in
any Windows OS.The excessive popups may also be part of a virus.  Having all
those search boxes on your desktop is not normal either.  Usually you get
those when you have a bad link (i.e. you have uninstalled something and you
still have a shortcut for it that you try). You should reinstall your spyware
to see what comes up and run your virus checker after you've made sure it has
the latest definitions.
>

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