help from computer savvy people please

[poetrywriter]

For the past couple of days I have been getting this download message every time I open up a new website -

You are currently downloading

US from sa.payment.aol.com



I have Windows XP...if knowing that helps. Is this some sort of virus or something? Thanks for the info.

[reallygroovN]

every now and then i got a download querry box, asking me if i REALLY want to download stuff that i dont ask for but its usually after i go to links that use odd types of hosts, you know, like pop up ads.

maybe you could email aol about it (is aol your server?)

[futuregirl]

So much for the computer literates in this place! ;)

I dunno if it's a virus thing. Sounds like that sa.payment.aol.com site just latched on or attached itself to your cookies or something.

I have Windows XP as of a couple of months ago now too, and haven't had that problem--but at the store they installed the Norton antivirus/firewall protection software--which I assume you have too, or something like it. What you could do is go into your protection settings & add that site link to a list of sites to be restricted from your computer and see if that doesn't help...?