Reply #7: Possibly

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You might also want to run some anti-spyware software to see if somebody snuck something onto your machine. There are several and frankly I recommend you use more than one because each different program will find different baddies. Here are some anti-spyware programs that I have either used or am using:

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php">AdAware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/MalwareBytes]
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html">SpywareBlaster[br />http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/">HiJackThis
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/">SpyBot Search and Destroy

As mentioned in the above posts the https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/">AdBlock and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433/">Flashblock plugins help prevent Flash ads from overpowering your surfing experience and I suggested the https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722/">NoScript plugin to keep your browser from getting bogged down by scripts.

While I highly recommend that if you're using Internet Explorer, you switch to Firefox or Chrome, all three of the above plugins are available for IE.

EDIT ADD CORRECTION: No FlashBlock for IE but you can choose to block Flash from withing your Internet Options settings. You can also do that in Firefox but turning off Flash completely turns off the ability to watch YouTube videos, numerous online media players and fun animations and games.