"Steve" <srhaymesslaysspam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:WVicb.424912$cF.131879@rwcrnsc53...
> Steve wrote:
> > To All:
> >
> > Yesterday evening when starting my PC, I got a porn-ad popup on
> > startup (small gray box with a "message is waiting for you" line).
> > Running Ad-aware, Spybot and Norton AV all came up negative. A quick
> > search of the Registry for selected character strings in the pop-up
> > also came up negative. A quick (but not complete as I did not cross
> > check everything) check of MSCONFIG - Startup did not show anything
> > unusual.
> >
> > Should I assume that whatever caused this is still lurking somewhere
> > on my PC? If so, how should I proceed to find it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
>
> To All:
>
> Answered in an earlier post: "Messenger Service" screen.
>

Doesn't answer the question unless you are connected to the net at the time.