did someone by chance change your security settings or privacy settings?

marie,

Even though you have spybot, it doesn't necessarily protect your computer unless you run it periodically.  I suggest that you run Spybot, update its definitions and then run it to check your computer for problems, when it finishes, let it remove anything that it finds.  If that doesn't fix the problem, see the following message and download, HijackThis, then post your log on one of the recommended spyware forums where a HijackThis expert can look at it and tell you what to do.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&message.id=572

Steve

Thanks for all the help. I'm looking to see if my privacy settings have been changed and checking the spybot. I hope that will solve my problem.

 

Marie

there is a better browser out there if you are interested in tring a good browser goto mozilla.com

Download and run cwshredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

 
Tutorial to remove CoolWebSearch with CoolWeb Shredder
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=47

SpywareBlaster download it here

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html can help keep your

system spyware-free and secure, without interfering with the "good side" of the web.Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers are some of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today.By simply browsing to a web page, you could find your computer to be the brand-new host of one of these unwanted fiends!