I keep seeing this problem every couple of days. People get booted from the net, IE has errors, Aol boots for no reason, etc. Alot of these problems are caused by spyware that gets put on your system, usually as a cookie. But other, more rare times, as a background download. Spyware reports back to whom ever placed it there everytime you are on the net. It can report anything from purchases on-line to every single site you visit, to chat room conversations, etc. It also wreaks havoc on your browsers in the form of errors because it is trying to run in the background when you are on line. Also causing errors because they are usually poorly written scripts. I have posted many times the cure for this and have recieved many a thank yous by email. I wish more people would post when their problems are solved so others may benefit as well. Don't get me wrong, I truly appreciate the emails of thanks, as do others who help out here, but posting the thanks and letting people know what suggestions worked help out others who visit. The cure for this is a free utility called Ad-Aware. It is availible at www.lavasoft.de It is small and takes no time at all to download and install. And even if you are not having these problems, that does not mean it is not on your system. Spyware, the problems they cause and the unethical use of it has been extensively covered by many reputable sites such as www.winmag.com and techtv.com among others. Ad-Aware was the program they recommended and it worked great on my computer. I run the program everytime I get off the net. When I originally downloaded Ad-Aware, there were 12 files and 7 registry instances found and removed by this program. I have not had a problem since.....4 months and running smooth. I hope this helps alot of people out.

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256 MB Ram
Dual 30gb hard drives
Nvidia 256 AGP 32MB
Santa Cruz TB Sound Card
Samsung 40x CD-Rom
Sony 8x4x32 CD-RW
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