Well I'm glad I mentioned that unsolicited pop-up dealie yesterday, because a forum comment made it clear that what I was suffering from was not a scumware situation, but rather a method for exploiting an internal Windows service. Thankfully indiv posted a link to the Stop Messenger Spam website, which clearly explained the problem, and how to solve it. Whew!

Wild Science:	Japanese scientist invents 'invisibility cloak'. Thanks Christine Albers. Tadpoles take blame for human hiccups. Thanks shafty.
Weird Science:	Nuke Plants Aging Disgracefully. Thanks Mike Martinez. Corn-Based Duds Future of Chic. Thanks Mike Martinez.
Auction of the Day:	Cray Mainframe (S-MP). Thanks W.Sean Harrison. How the mighty have fallen.