I ran a 'Trojan.Vundo' remover - it said I wasn't infected.
Then I went to msconfig and studied the numerous things that load up
when I start up.
I unchecked them all and checked one at a time and started up.
Long story short - it was a NETZERO program called "exec" which
pre-loads Netzero for a "quick start"....rubbish....
That was what kept trying to load itself and was constantly asking with
that popup.
I am dumping Netzero. The dialup loader is clunky, is full of ads, and
is always on top until done loading.
Then it brings up IE whether or not I want to use it....they say they "are sorry,
but they can't do anything about that!"
Can you believe that!?