[pchelpers] Re: IE browser spontaneously opening 1 to 7 full screen windows
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:13:22 +1200
Scanning with Adaware was a good idea, but given the symptoms it could
be a browser hijack or even a virus/Trojan. What sort of antivirus
action can you take to be safe? (Given the possibility, what chance of a
passive scan for virus can be done?). Do you need instructions?
Cyril Halbach wrote:
> My daughter's XP system with all the Windows updates as well as updates and
> having run both Spybot and AdAware and it still has has some kind of a
> problem. Firefox is the default browser but IE is opening up spontansously
> with web pages full of ads from multiple http://ad.c???????.com/ etc. web
> sites. I cannot figure out what is bringing them up nor how to prevent
> them.
> Using msconfig I removed everything from Start that looked suspicious but
> nothing had any good effect. I thought I recalled back some time ago that
> someone on PCHLEPERS had something similar. I do not recall if there was a
> solution to the problem. Appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Cy
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