Thanks Joe. It is/was a web browser and I've already turned of the
Messenger thing, it was the first thing that I did. I'm hoping I have it
all sorted now, though I can't be sure yet, have to wait and see if any of
the ads pop up again.

NiC


"Joseph Frazer" <frazjp65@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:Ke43b.9217$Nc.5476182@news1.news.adelphia.net ...
> NiC wrote:
> > I have two porn ads that keep coming up on my computer, from the minute
> > that I connect to the Internet that I can't get rid of. I have emailed
> > the customer address given on the bottom of the pop-up and they replied
> > with instructions. I followed these but what they said had been
> > installed on my computer wasn't there. I emailed them again and asked
> > for something different and they haven't responded. I've emailed them
> > every other day since these ads started coming up and I haven't gotten
> > another response. I've looked around on a few different sites for some
> > help with this but I can't find anything that tells me how to get rid of
> > these ads. I know they have to be spyware or adware or some other
> > incidious thing and I desperately want them gone.
> >
> > Can anyone here suggest something that I might be able to try?
> >
> > Thanx, NiC

>
> Is it opening a pop-up in your web browser, or is it a window with an OK
> button? It might be MS Messenger spam. If it is just turn off the
> service. You wouldn't find anything with ad-aware or spybot. Also
> check to see what starts up when you logon, it would have to be one of
> those programs causing you this grief.
>
> Joe
>