this is really strange,PH, i just taliked to a friend who`s boyfriend`s computer has a virus. he had these tech friends come in to fix it and they said it was from a pop up ad that got thru that said GATOR, well he still cant get rid of it and he keeps on getting knocked off the internet. i suggested ad-aware se personal. its free and they quaratine questionable programs and you pick out which ones you want removed and they remove it for you.