"<>" <loopback@44.255.255.255> wrote in message news:<BXRkb.57711$th6.37412@twister.socal.rr.com>. ..
> "Nymphetamine" <nymphetamine@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1e71a87c.0310200003.1d4f600b@posting.google.c om...
> > "Paul B." <billingsleyNOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:<3F80B016.272E@earthlink.net>...
> >
> > > Try "HouseCall", a web-based Virus/Trojan/Adware scanner...
>
> Scanners only help AFTER your computer is infected. To prevent infection,
> remove the check next to "Enable Install On Demand (Other)" from:
> Tools > Internet Options > Advanced (under Browsing)

I did that. Is "Enable Third Party Browser Extensions" related to
those browser hijacking search windows etc? I unchecked that one as
well.