..."Spybot - Search and Destroy" from
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/

It's free and very good. Read the tutorial first though; it's very thorough.

Cheers,
Ken

> Hi, Somehow my PC has become infected with
> pop-ups from AOL advertisements and misc.
> others. Every time I go on the internet and
> go to any page, they pop-up. I have some
> pop-up stopper software that I tried, but,
> that blocks out all pop-ups and anything
> looking like a pop-up. That is not good.
> Anytime I visit a business site or try to
> use virtual tours when viewing houses, the
> pop-ups there that I do want to see are
> blocked out. In fact, since just posting
> this message, several unwanted pop-ups have
> shown up again. It's funny that one of them
> is related to "Stopping Pop-Ups".

> How can I get these pop-ups out of my PC ?
> They must be located on my hard drive and
> that is why they show up all the time. They
> do not show up in my "Add/Remove
> Programs" area and they don't show up
> on my Start Menu list of Programs.

> Does anyone know what could be done to get
> rid of these ?

> Thank you.