Hi Rosie2,
Your computer obviously has unwanted software called spyware and adware.
What is spyware?
"A technology that assists in gathering information about a person or
organization without their knowledge. On the Internet, "spyware is
programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather
information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other
interested parties." As such, spyware is cause for public concern
about privacy on the Internet."
http://reach.ucf.edu/~coursdev/cdrom/html/help/glossary.html
What is adware?
"while not necessarily malware, adware is considered to go beyond the
reasonable advertising that one might expect from freeware or
shareware. Typically a separate program that is installed at the same
time as a shareware or similar program, adware will usually continue
to generate advertising even when the user is not running the
originally desired program. See also cookies, spyware, and web bugs."
http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~rslade/secgloss.htm
More definitions of spyware and adware programs can be found through these links:
Spyware definitions
://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+spyware&sa=Google+Search&cat=&hl=en
Adware definitons
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=define%3A+adware&btnG=Google+Search
To easily remove them and avoid similar problems in the future, you
need to download, install, and run the following programs one at a
time:
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.2
Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=mirrors
Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
Removing unwanted icons from the Favorites menu of IE6 is easy. You
just go to Favorites, right-click on the unwanted icon, and choose
Delete.
In addition, you can also find other information and solutions through
the following questions that were answered by our expert researchers:
Computer homepage problem
Answered by: sublime1-ga
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=306923
Spyware and Adware
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http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=294122
Home Page
Answered By: hummer-ga
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=290929
Stop this Pop up
Answered by: tar_heel_v-ga
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=306842
How to Delete
Answered by: clouseau-ga
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=272946
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