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I'll bet you have Kazaa, don't you?
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You may find this article applicable to your problem...here's an exerpt:
"If you have a popular file-sharing program called KaZaA on your computer and suddenly start seeing yellow links to obvious ads on some of your favorite Web sites, this is because a cunning piece of software called TopText was automatically installed on your computer along with KaZaA. Many Web site owners are upset with this alteration of their content. But there is an opt-out procedure (albeit a somewhat cumbersome one) you can use to keep TopText links from being added to your site, according to the company that markets TopText. "
The rest of the article his here: <A HREF="http://slashdot.org/features/01/07/31/2015216.shtml" target="_new">Kazaa Spyware Issues</A>
Might I suggest you uninstall Kazaa and use Kazaalite instead? KazaaLite is Kazaa without the Spyware.
<A HREF="http://doa2.host.sk/" target="_new">KazaaLite Download</A>
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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Twitch on 05/27/03 02:40 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
Remove KaZaA and download the suggested KaZaA Lite... then download Ad-Aware 6 or Spybot S&D and clean your PC from all remaining spy and adware.
My CPU fan spins so fast that it creates a wormhole 
Yeah...I loathe spyware with a passion. Any time your computer starts doing something on its own that it wasn't doing before, assume something is altering things...and P2P apps are often the culprits...
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You're welcome.
<font color=green>The Netherlands is where you go when you're too good for heaven.</font color=green>
Well sometimes you can disable the extra spyware installs. A lot of populair 'free' software comes with some sort of spyware... lucky there are alternatives for those programs, like eMule instead of eDonkey <A HREF="http://www.emule-project.net" target="_new">http://www.emule-project.net</A>.
My CPU fan spins so fast that it creates a wormhole
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