Whenever I close Internet Explorer, a popup advertisement appears.  I
need to get rid of this ASAP.

A common link it sends me to is:
http://www.pshnw6510990nmo-34nue7700.net/go.php?l=0019

I've tried running Ad-Aware in the Smart Scan mode; it couldn't find
what's causing the problem.  I tried deleting my browser cache and all
installed items (including Flash) to no avail.

I'm running IE 6.0 SP1 under Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.  Note that
this is my office computer, installing or updating anything is not
permitted therefore I want to fix this manually.

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Clarification of Question by tom07002-ga on 20 Sep 2004 09:47 PDT

In the meantime I've set my browser security to High, which blocks the
requests to install additional software (I always click No to them),
but the popups still appear.

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 20 Sep 2004 21:02 PDT

Please download and run HijackThis and post the log. Please donīt fix
anithing if you are not sure about what you are removing from your
computer.

To download it:
http://www.snapfiles.com/dlnow/dlnow.dll?Inc=No&ID=106738


To get HijackThis tutorials see in the following pages:
"HijackThis Quick Start":
http://s89223352.onlinehome.us/mirror/hjt/

"HijackThis Tutorial":
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=42


When you post the log, I will check it for what do you need to fix.


Regards.
livioflores-ga

Hi There,
You should be able to type in the address of your regular home page in
the address bar, once there click on tools, internet options, and
under homepage click on use current. Also run some spyware and adaware
removel programs.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ 

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

http://www.xblock.com/download-freeware.shtml