And another casaulty: P3DO Explorer. It seems that the viruses wiped out P3DO Explorer and the files in the "Favorites" folder. I went to run it and it was gone: no exe! The plug-ins were still in the plug-in folder, but there was no way to use it. I'd be willing to bet one of the viruses was set to look for any program named "Explorer" or that had a folder named "Favorites". And yes, I tried installing the adware. Boy is that fun (that's sarcasm, by the way). When you go through their uninstall wizard, the last page asks you to fill out a survey asking why you didn't like the program. And, no, there is no "I hate spyware" option... and I have no idea what other information is sent to the company along with the answers. I was then asked, "Do you reallty want to remove this program" and are given 3 options: Cancel, Yes, and No. After hitting "Yes" (thinking it mean "Yes, continue uninstalling") and having the uninstaller not do anything, I realized the correct answer is "No- I don't not want to not uninstall the program". When I clicked no, the uninstaller continued... ... and then opened my web browser that prompted me "Do you want to set your home page to this site"?" Then an ActiveX box popped up asking if I wanted to download another program. After I restarted, I opened the Task Manager to make sure nothing was running in the background... yep, something that said "Internet Explorer - MicroSoft 12" was running. In other words, there was still some hidden program that was connecting to the Internet using IE. I couldn't "switch to" it to see what it was doing, so I just hit "End Task". But, about 5 seconds later, it came back. It was then that I decided to go back to a previous Restore Point. As a side note, why do companies try to hide their spyware like this? Do people actually fall for it? If Microsoft or Windows needs to connect to the Internet, it tells you in big message boxes and makes sure that you allow it. Or will companies get wise to this and make ppyware that shows message boxes that look exactly like Windows... but clicking the "no, don't connect" still downloads the spyware. --John

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