[RedWhiteBlue]

Sounds like spyware. Use Spybot Search and Destroy -- it works great and it is free.

[Fraulein]

Thank you for your advice. I was having a truly terrible time with self-launching pop-up windows (and I had over 47,000 cookies, even though I visit very few sites.).

I downloaded Spybot -- and voila! The problems are gone! I cannot believe it.

THANK YOU!