Subj : Re: Way OT - Browser help
To   : alt.tv.er
From : galt_57@hotmail.com
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 20:35:31

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

Cathy M wrote:
> I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem.
> Yesterday I started to see a "double underline" under selected
> parts of websites and usenet postings.  When I hover the cursor
> over the double underlines, an ad pops up that is related to those
> words.
> [...]

I'd dump IE and if you are using Outlook I'd dump that too.

One popular scheme is to use the following freeware;

Firefox browser
Thunderbird e-mail
Ad-AwareSE ad-ware scanner
Spybot S&D spy-ware scanner
Grisoft AVG anti-virus
ZoneAlarm version 5.5 (not 6) firewall

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