At 07:02 AM 8/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: > can somebody explain what a registry key referring to > *Backweb* means? Spy-ware. If you are running some sort of 'free' peer to peer client (such as Kazaa, Audio Galaxy, etc...) This is usually installed without the user's knowledge or consent. May I suggest an excellent piece of software to remove this, and most other spy-ware? http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ Further information on the matter... http://www.simplythebest.net/info/spyware.html http://www.kimsoft.com/kim-spy.htm http://boards.cexx.org/spytech/ http://www.spychecker.com/ Frank Marion framar at interlog.com