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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
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Didn't get the job, did you dear?
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PsyLiam
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Not that one, although I'm still waiting to hear back from another one.

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Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.

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akb1979
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Hello! It's me again! [Big Grin] Not been around for a while - been SO BUSY! [Frown]

LOL! Got another technical question - IE related again!

Right, after every 5th or 6th IE window is opened, I get the following web page opened automatically (even though I've added it to my block list): http://540.filost.com/randonsites/banner.aspx

It's only happened in the last 2-3 weeks but is really bugging me - I gather it's from something I've installed, but can't for the life figure out what as I've taken the demos I installed off as I've finished with them. What else could it be and how the bloody hell do I get rid of the bugger?

Thanks in advance! [Big Grin]

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PsyLiam
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1/ Run a scan for spyware.

2/ Install Firefox.

3/ Shout at Liam for being a hypocrite.

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Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
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Hijack This is a pretty useful diagnostic tool in situations like these.

I still don't have a bachelor's degree.

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PsyLiam
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They're over-rated.

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Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.

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Cartman
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"I still don't have a bachelor's degree."

Snark: that is usually what happens when you quit school.

(Why did you, anyway? I thought you were this promising, last-best-hope-for-mankind philosophy/computer science dual major with big, big plans for the world? Did spell-checking obituaries and picking fruit really change you that much? Eh?)

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Sol System
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(Well, I have been picking fruit for longer than I have been a student.)

There's a whole dull minor crisis of identity thing which I will go into sometime when it isn't nearly five in the morning. But, like: adolescence has sort of become a holding pattern that I cannot get out of.

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akb1979
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Hi!

Thanks for the advice - tried Ad-aware and Spyware software but it's still happening - any other ideas? [Confused]

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B.J.
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Had the same thing happen to me. Ultimately I ended up installing and using Mozilla (which I like much better than IE, thanks), and ran the spyware cleaners many times for a couple of weeks after. I'm still not sure if they cleaned out everything, but I haven't had any problems since then. Oh, and my wife still uses IE through her profile, but strangely enough it was only my profile that was having issues.

B.J.

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