Yes I'm feeling wacko! I attend to 35 PC's at work as a technician, and lately all I do is clean out spyware. But also I've been having to reformat drives and reinstall OS's because I can't seem to get rid of the dll causing the popups. I joined this site to learn how to remove these stealth installations without having to reformat the drives. I'm also looking for a small business spyware scanner that will prevent downloads like toolbars etc before they cause the damage. I have adaware but it's not removing stuff already there.

looking forward to finding answers!

Welcome to the site allimoga

This forum has some wonderful tutorials on some of the very same things that you are looking for. They also have screen shots and links to the applications that they are referring to. You can see all of them by clicking the tutorials tab at the top of every page.

I have taken the time to post a few here. Enjoy your stay!

Steps to take when connecting a new computer to the Internet

Understanding Spyware, Browser Hijackers, and Dialers

Understanding and Using Firewalls

Simple and easy ways to keep your computer safe and secure on the Internet

Sorry to hear this. Post some HJT logs here.

Welcome to BC!

Clearly the best reason to spend some time reading topics here, allimoga.