Go to grc.com and look for "shoot the messenger"...
See if it sound like what you are experiencing...

                                  Rick Glazier

Procrastination is a GOOD thing. Don't put it off,
Procrastinate NOW...


From: "Fran Bott" <[log in to unmask]>
> Suddenly, just a few days ago, while on the Internet, I started to get =
> these small windows popping up trying to coax me into going to another =
> webpage. They are messinger windows - one tried to lead me to =
> www.microsoftpatch.net (like I would really go) and various other =
> places.It reminds  me of spyware, so I updated to the latest for SpyBot =
> and ran it, but it found nothing. Seems like I have heard of this =
> before. Anyone with any ideas?  This only happens while I am on the =
> Internet - and it is very annoying.

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