Hi I have a spreatsheet that has allot of information in it yesterday (27th
January 2007) I added some data and saved it then closed it. Today I opened
it to add some more data to it then all it had was a google ad in it?

This is what it said:
"Unsecured personal loans - Unsecured loans upto $20,000
Apply online today at financepoint www.financepoint.co.nz

Ads by Google Advertise on this site"

I scanned my computer for viruses using the free online scanner from live
one care then using my AVG with the latest definitions. Also scanned with
adaware and spybot but it found nothing. Why did this happen also a file
appeared in the folder where my spreadsheet is saved called "AA540000"

If you open your real workbook and
hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE
ctrl-r to see the project explorer
do you see that AA540000 workbook open, too?

If that's not it...

It's time to read these and do some detective work:

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp

===========

And if that's not it...

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension).

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like "backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Common things that get blamed for interruptions to this process are antivirus
software poking its head in or network errors--either permissions or physical
problems.

But that AA540000 looks too "non-random" to me. But even random numbers end
with 0000 sometimes.

mme wrote:

Hi I have a spreatsheet that has allot of information in it yesterday (27th
January 2007) I added some data and saved it then closed it. Today I opened
it to add some more data to it then all it had was a google ad in it?

This is what it said:
"Unsecured personal loans - Unsecured loans upto $20,000
Apply online today at financepoint www.financepoint.co.nz

Ads by Google Advertise on this site"

I scanned my computer for viruses using the free online scanner from live
one care then using my AVG with the latest definitions. Also scanned with
adaware and spybot but it found nothing. Why did this happen also a file
appeared in the folder where my spreadsheet is saved called "AA540000"


--

Dave Peterson

Hi I tried both suggestions but no result I still get the same.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

If you open your real workbook and
hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE
ctrl-r to see the project explorer
do you see that AA540000 workbook open, too?

If that's not it...

It's time to read these and do some detective work:

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp

===========

And if that's not it...

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension).

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like "backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Common things that get blamed for interruptions to this process are antivirus
software poking its head in or network errors--either permissions or physical
problems.

But that AA540000 looks too "non-random" to me. But even random numbers end
with 0000 sometimes.

mme wrote:

Hi I have a spreatsheet that has allot of information in it yesterday (27th
January 2007) I added some data and saved it then closed it. Today I opened
it to add some more data to it then all it had was a google ad in it?

This is what it said:
"Unsecured personal loans - Unsecured loans upto $20,000
Apply online today at financepoint www.financepoint.co.nz

Ads by Google Advertise on this site"

I scanned my computer for viruses using the free online scanner from live
one care then using my AVG with the latest definitions. Also scanned with
adaware and spybot but it found nothing. Why did this happen also a file
appeared in the folder where my spreadsheet is saved called "AA540000"


--

Dave Peterson

You tried all the things in mentioned at Chip's site and Jan Karel's site?

mme wrote:

Hi I tried both suggestions but no result I still get the same.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

If you open your real workbook and
hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE
ctrl-r to see the project explorer
do you see that AA540000 workbook open, too?

If that's not it...

It's time to read these and do some detective work:

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp

===========

And if that's not it...

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension).

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like "backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Common things that get blamed for interruptions to this process are antivirus
software poking its head in or network errors--either permissions or physical
problems.

But that AA540000 looks too "non-random" to me. But even random numbers end
with 0000 sometimes.

mme wrote:

Hi I have a spreatsheet that has allot of information in it yesterday (27th
January 2007) I added some data and saved it then closed it. Today I opened
it to add some more data to it then all it had was a google ad in it?

This is what it said:
"Unsecured personal loans - Unsecured loans upto $20,000
Apply online today at financepoint www.financepoint.co.nz

Ads by Google Advertise on this site"

I scanned my computer for viruses using the free online scanner from live
one care then using my AVG with the latest definitions. Also scanned with
adaware and spybot but it found nothing. Why did this happen also a file
appeared in the folder where my spreadsheet is saved called "AA540000"


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Yes I did but it still displayed the same ad :(

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You tried all the things in mentioned at Chip's site and Jan Karel's site?

mme wrote:

Hi I tried both suggestions but no result I still get the same.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

If you open your real workbook and
hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE
ctrl-r to see the project explorer
do you see that AA540000 workbook open, too?

If that's not it...

It's time to read these and do some detective work:

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp

===========

And if that's not it...

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension).

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like "backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Common things that get blamed for interruptions to this process are antivirus
software poking its head in or network errors--either permissions or physical
problems.

But that AA540000 looks too "non-random" to me. But even random numbers end
with 0000 sometimes.

mme wrote:

Hi I have a spreatsheet that has allot of information in it yesterday (27th
January 2007) I added some data and saved it then closed it. Today I opened
it to add some more data to it then all it had was a google ad in it?

This is what it said:
"Unsecured personal loans - Unsecured loans upto $20,000
Apply online today at financepoint www.financepoint.co.nz

Ads by Google Advertise on this site"

I scanned my computer for viruses using the free online scanner from live
one care then using my AVG with the latest definitions. Also scanned with
adaware and spybot but it found nothing. Why did this happen also a file
appeared in the folder where my spreadsheet is saved called "AA540000"


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Did it show up when you started excel in safe mode, too?

mme wrote:

Yes I did but it still displayed the same ad :(

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You tried all the things in mentioned at Chip's site and Jan Karel's site?

mme wrote:

Hi I tried both suggestions but no result I still get the same.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

If you open your real workbook and
hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE
ctrl-r to see the project explorer
do you see that AA540000 workbook open, too?

If that's not it...

It's time to read these and do some detective work:

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp

===========

And if that's not it...

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension).

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like "backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Common things that get blamed for interruptions to this process are antivirus
software poking its head in or network errors--either permissions or physical
problems.

But that AA540000 looks too "non-random" to me. But even random numbers end
with 0000 sometimes.

mme wrote:

Hi I have a spreatsheet that has allot of information in it yesterday (27th
January 2007) I added some data and saved it then closed it. Today I opened
it to add some more data to it then all it had was a google ad in it?

This is what it said:
"Unsecured personal loans - Unsecured loans upto $20,000
Apply online today at financepoint www.financepoint.co.nz

Ads by Google Advertise on this site"

I scanned my computer for viruses using the free online scanner from live
one care then using my AVG with the latest definitions. Also scanned with
adaware and spybot but it found nothing. Why did this happen also a file
appeared in the folder where my spreadsheet is saved called "AA540000"


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson