Mine's done the same thing....Had a tsch service ck it out & they said it;'s just attached to my home page & I needed to contact google....HAH...easier said than done. Finally reset my home page to defaults & it was gone....not sure if this is a long term solution or it'll pop back up again...Til I know for sure, I've set msn as my home page ..Hate it but didn't see any other choice at the moment...UNTIL google decides to give us some info on how to deter this!!