I appreciate the information and suggestions. I never had the View Point media player, to my knowledge, but the Add-on was in FF, sure enough, though now disabled. I have been having all kinds of trouble, Spyware Doctor and DoubleAntiVirus installing but giving the message that they failed to initialize...well, I won't bore you with it all. I decided that Ravencajun was right, and I needed help from a specialized forum, so I posted on LandsDown, which I think Zep recommended to someone else here. Today, I discovered that something (not me!) had changed the location for my downloads in FF to "Downloads," though I had it set up to download to the desktop. Ulp! Zep: Googling trojan Hiloti was one of the first things I did after Spyware Doctor discovered it in my computer. SD said you had to pay if you wanted to remove the infected files, so I did, but no matter what I did after that, I couldn't even get it to scan again, and the registration number they emailed me, while it sufficed to register for an account at their site, was consistently refused when I tried to register the software. So far, PCTools has not replied to my emails about SD, but perhaps I haven't given them enough time. Very disappointed. The SD icon in the systray also caused TrendMicro Internet Security to hang and the mouse to freeze, so I removed it from startup, but it came back later. So, thumbs down from me to Spyware Doctor. I hope they return my money!

Raven, Haven't had any more pop ups. I ran the Malwarebytes....: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.34 Database version: 1815 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 3/3/2009 2:12:38 PM mbam-log-2009-03-03 (14-12-38).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\:) Objects scanned: 129448 Time elapsed: 18 minute(s), 18 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 0 Registry Keys Infected: 7 Registry Values Infected: 0 Registry Data Items Infected: 1 Folders Infected: 0 Files Infected: 1 Memory Processes Infected: (No malicious items detected) Memory Modules Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Keys Infected: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cpbrkpie.coupon6ctrl.1 (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\(9522b3fb-7a2b-4646-8af6-36e7f593073c) (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\(9522b3fb-7a2b-4646-8af6-36e7f593073c) (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\(a85a5e6a-de2c-4f4e-99dc-f469df5a0eec) (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\(87255c51-cd7d-4506-b9ad-97606daf53f3) (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\(6e780f0b-bcd6-40cb-b2db-7af47ab4d4a4) (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\(a138be8b-f051-4802-9a3f-a750a6d862d4) (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. Registry Values Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Data Items Infected: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Start_ShowMyDocs (Hijack.StartMenu) -> Bad: (0) Good: (1) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. Folders Infected: (No malicious items detected) Files Infected: C:\WINDOWS\CouponPrinter.ocx (Adware.Coupons) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

yes that is a bad one there are many variations of the trogan agent. I would highly recommend you head back to LzD forum and start a new thread there and go through the cleaning process. Tell them the above info. Go update your malwarebytes program and run the full scan with it also and post that log for them.

Pam: Ah, if only it were! *History* I get by clicking on the cat icon with the clock, and the history menu drops down on the *left* side of the screen. You can see where this one is, and I get this menu by clicking on the thing like double parentheses next to the star in the address window. Besides, as I said, I have had History turned off for a long time and that side bar is empty. The items in this menu happen to be mostly things I have only visited once or twice and are by no means representative of my browsing history. If they were, it might be of some use. Owbist: Thanks. I wasn't looking for speed or accessibility. I just don't like having something whose method of working and management I don't know. It bothers me! It even bothers me that I don't know its name, so I am hampered in looking for a solution. Linesman: Your message just came in. That seemed to do the trick, and I was thinking Yippee! But, alas, the sites didn't stay deleted. They disappeared when I highlighted them and clicked Delete, but the minute I clicked on the "parentheses" mark that brings up that menu, there they all were again. Closing and reopening FF didn't make a speck of difference. I have found that clicking on the star in the URL window adds a new site. So half of the mystery is solved, but the half that most interests me is the deleting part! LOL I think I'm going to have to uninstall and reinstall FF, but even that may not help.