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Have you tried free ad-aware SE. Here's one of there add on's http://www.lavasoft.de/software/addons/lspexplorer.shtml "Layered Service Providers (LSP) are small pieces of software that can be added or inserted into the Windows TCP/IP handler by other software. Data outward bound from your computer to a legitimate destination on the Internet can be intercepted by an LSP and sent somewhere other than where you intend it to go. LSP Explorer lets you view active LSP and Name Service Providers on your system, along with detailed information about each so you can determine whether or not they're legitimate. Access LSP Explorer can be run directly from the Add-ons menu. LSP Explorer works with all versions of Ad-Aware." I had a lot of similar problems, that not even SPYBOT could get rid of, so I downloaded all of ad-aware's add on's, so between the two of them, and a few others (system mechanic, and mcAfee), I finally cleaned out the registry. I believe that what's going on here is one of the biggest invaders of our privacy in recent history, and they are getting away with it, in the name of free enterprise. I've even contacted my congress-person, and told them that I'm in business too, and I'm for free enterprise, but for me, this is no different than the civil rights movements of the 60's. The businesses, and schools, etc, back then, had a right to serve, or not to serve anyone they pleased, but the people being discriminated against had a higher right, and the people eventually won out! Likewise, the internet businesses have a right to market and to advertise, but once they intrude into our computers, they've more than passed the limit of their rights. If they physically came into our houses, there are laws to protect and defend ourselves, and to prosecute them for forced entry, and as far as I'm concerned, this is forced entry! Try sending a robot into someone's house to kill them, and then tell the cops that it wasn't you. It's actually absurd, when you start to think about it. And I'm tired of spending all my time and money to defend myself. So anyway, I'll get off my soapbox, but for a computer based musician, this is not off topic. In fact, there are some musical things that I can't get any other way, than through the internet, and by downloading. And being part of the community of musicians through out the world, such as this list, and sometimes, almost real-time, would almost be impossible. Thanks, again, Kim, for all that you're doing! Tom -----Original Message----- From: Tim Nelson [mailto:psychle62@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 4:02 AM To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Re: (no subject) (ebay) I'm not sure of the technical nomenclature, but I wish I did, as I have a similar situation. Sounds like you might have a host problem in your registry; invasive code gets in and redirects you to another site (usually a porn site or some sort of advertisng/spyware type of thing). In doing so, it inserts a line into your registry that does not allow you to visit the site you actually wanted; in my case, these would include Amazon and (gasp) Looper's Delight. After you've removed the offending site, a registry entry remains, so that when you subsequently try to access the site you originally wanted, your browser times out. It's related to "browser hijacking", but again, I haven't been able to find out enough about how to fix it to actually do so. :( Does anyone have a suggestion for how to fix this without wiping the whole registry/operating system/hard drive? Or at least, can someone offer a better/clearer explanation than I have so that I'll have a better clue? -t- --- Jeff Shirkey <jcshirke@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: > >OT?: > > > >I haven't been able to get ebay to load on my > browser (Micro. Explorer) for > >a couple of weeks. Has this been happening to any > of you? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com