You either are infected by spyware or you have used a spyware removal tool that only removed part of a nasty piece of spyware.  Download, install, update, and run Ad-Aware and Spybot and let these programs remove all of the garbage that they find.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware

http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download Spybot

If these programs don't solve the problem, go to the following site and follow the directions to download and run the analysis tool called HijackThis.

http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/

Generate a log file, then open it and copy and paste the text of the log file in a message in one of the following forums:

http://subratam.org/
http://www.zerosrealm.com/forums/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

where a certified HijackThis expert can offer advice on how to fix the problem:

Steve

I updated and ran spybot (I already had it on my computer)  and got rid of a number of files.

Then I ran virus scan (McAfee) and it came up with a 12 "potentially unwanted programs".   All had the name "Adware-something)

Can I assume that this is entirely different than Ad-Aware?

Adware is more or less a synonym for spyware as used by McAfee.  Ad-Aware is  legitimate program that removes spyware and adware.

Steve

Steve,

I tried to post my HijackThis log to http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/.  I got all the text in but could never find a submit/send/post button.  There was a preview button but even there - there seemed to be no button to send.  Should I assume it got there or try one of the other sites you recommended?

I ran spybot and it did not fix my problem.

I ran hijack this and can't seem to find any place to post the log.  I tried bleeping computer but after I pasted in the log I could not find a post/submit/send button.  Not even on the preview screen.

Someone suggested I post it at a different forum but I was criticized for not posting it on this forum and was told to download and run a different program.

This morning I tried posting to http://subratam.org/
I couldn't find an appropriate forum to post it in.

Please - All I need is a fairly specific place to post the hijackthis log.  If that doesn't work, I'm willing to try a new direction.

I think I found out why I had a problem before.  There is a button at the bottom that says "Post new topic".  I assumed that button was asking me for another topic.  Maybe it should be renamed "Submit Post". 

Thanks for the help.  I will be patient.  I have been living with this problem for a while now.