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I’m not a high-tech compugeek but I had this problem and I think I found the culprit. I use a trash hotmail account to sign onto Craigslist. (A trash email account is an account that you use to sign up for all the stupid and insignificant junk online that requires you to enter your email address) Anyway, I noticed that this particular email address was the origin of these spam emails and they were being sent to my entire address book on this trash account. I simply deleted all the contacts from my trash account and the problem was solved. So…apparently, every time I get onto Craigslist and try to post an ad, my trash site gets it’s address book scanned which is zero entries. I’ve tested my theory several times and I’m convinced that these spammers have hacked into the Craigslist website and they are using them to distribute their junk. Set up a trash hotmail account and change your Craigslist profile.

BTW…after I deleted my contacts, the problem has disappeared.

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight

OK, I’m going to add my two cents because at this point it doesn’t look like you have anything to lose.

Did you change the boot order at any time in the past? and do you have more than one HDD in the computer. If, and when, your motherboard battery goes bad, your BIOS will revert to the default settings. You stated that you changed out the battery. The normal boot order will normally be all the IEEE drives and then the SATA drives in numerical order.

If you can get into the BIOS setup screen by pressing the correct F-key. (It seems every manufacturer is different. Mine is F9) Change the boot order back to what it should be…the HDD that has your startup instructions. If by chance your current boot order has it going to a HDD that contains nothing but data files (from backups) you will get the screens that you currently have.

Good Luck Young Jedi Knight