sounds like a hosts file trojan... what is the hosts file: <A HREF="http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html" target="_blank">http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html</A> correcting: <A HREF="http://msmvps.com/harrywaldron/archive/2004/06/30/9262.aspx" target="_blank">http://msmvps.com/harrywaldron/archive/2004/06/30/9262.aspx</A>