Has my system been compromised?

From: Firefly (fireflyis@rogers.com)
Date: 06/18/02 

From: "Firefly" <fireflyis@rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:24:30 -0700

Firstly, I am using WinXP fully updated with Windows
Update.

Last night and tonight I have received messages from
someone advertising stuff. The thing is, I haven't signed
up for, or onto any instant message servers. I hate
them. :) So how did I get a message pop-up on my desktop
if I haven't logged into XPs IM or downloaded any other
IM programs?

I ran a virus checker, and theres nothing, and I ran
AdAware and only found your usual doubleclick cookies.

Heres screenshots of what I saw.

http://members.rogers.com/fireflyis/msg1.jpg
http://members.rogers.com/fireflyis/msg2.jpg

Thanks for your help.

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