The 3 spy sniffing programs have not found anything after the first run. I almost never download anything (these antispy, Norton antivirus updates, Earthlink & Netscapes updates every couple of years, not much else) and I don't open strange email or attachments. I bought things from two stores I had not used before at about the time this started, so I suspect it is one of them.

Jeri - It is all files - word, excel, whatever.

It is not trying to go to any particular site, it just wants me connected. Actually the connection it wants me to make uses my regular earthlink number, but does not make a useful connection - can't use mail or netscape from there.