this is from this site http://www.xptuneup.com

131. How to kill the IE About windows that popup from time to time
There is an Internet Explorer vulnerability to which allows some web sites
to open a hidden popup tracking minimized window either upon your first
visit or when you leave their web site or even when you close your browser
while one of their web pages is still displayed. They do this by using the
little known "about:" browser built-in command into their HTML/DHTML/XML
code. Sometimes this window Go undetected as these are not resizable as you
come to expect of a typical window app. If you do not have anything specific
with www.about.com, there could be a registry tweak that you can do. Run the
Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) by going to START-RUN and type regedit and
navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProtocolDefaults]
and add two DWORD keys"about" and "about:" and set its value to 4.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Doing this tweak would mean that you would not be able
to use the blank about page as your startup page. There is a workaround for
this by adding it to your zone ...but I do not like it and hence not
mentioning it here

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HTH



"Trip" <hahaha@hottiemail.com> wrote in message
news:L3nfb.48381$Of2.1999948@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
> my windows messanger program isnt activated, and when i did the test the
> little window didnt pop up. So i passed the test. We can scratch the
> messanger theory i think unless i forgot something...
>
> Back to the source of the popups.... www.sanboxer.com/redirect.....etc
> .... 95 %% of the pop up ads i am getting come from it.. and they always
> appear in the same way... Im sure every site doesnt have the same
sponser..
> This computer i bought from best buy, and if i had my choice id reinstall
> windows media, but i dont know if i can get back all the cool stuff like
> the hd tv, etc. This is becoming a major problem for me and when the pop
> ups are being blocked my mouse f*cks up and the scroller wheel either acts
> as a back or foward button in the browser or it makes the font bigger or
> smaller on the webpage... i just want to scroll down the page and its
really
> pissing me off. any help would again be greatly appereciated to any of my
> problems...
>
>