I assume you have all ready rebooted and it's still there.
I'm not a big Web guru but I have found a couple of things that have caused similiar symptoms.
Check the "Start"\Programs\Startup to make sure something "wierd" didn't get put in there.
Check the C:\Windows\WIN.INI file at the top under "Load" or "Run" section. There should be nothing "loaded" or "run" from here UNLESS you have some "special" program you WOULD recognize the name off. Anything else is "suspect". Placing a ; (semi colon) in FRONT of the line will stop it from executing.
It could be something "loaded" from the "registry" file. This will be MUCH more difficult to find. Try the "Find" tool IN THE REGISTRY, but you have to know WHAT to "Find". A file name etc.
(like destroyadds maybe?).
In Internet Explorer try:
Tools\Internet Options "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Files". Clears the "cache".
Make sure your "home page" is the OLD one, not some new one "slipped" in while you weren't looking.
If you got an "Apple",,,,ignore everything above and change the
oil on your car instead.
Ernie
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