"Jan Saalbach" wrote in message

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

download and scan your systm, this is not a cookie, it is some form
of the "gator" software...

Second that.

I just came back from a client that was inundated with pop-ups. His HP 2 GHz
Pentium took about 15 minutes to open up My Computer after boot. Ad-Aware
with the latest definitions file removed 550+ different items related to
spyware.

Needless to say, there was a night-and-day transformation in system
performance.