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Topic Started: Nov 23 2005, 10:04 PM (753 Views)
Anesthesia
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Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to?
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Internet Explorer randomly opens up. Sometimes IE comes up when I load the computer which is fine. But other times I could be playing a game, posting here, doing anything and it just pops up. It only pops up once. Then when I shut down and turn the computer on again it will come up again. It has never randomly opened up twice during one session. (session= being on the computer).

I was just wondering if anyone knew why it does this and if I could make it stop. It gets really annoying playing a full screen game and suddenly IE pops-up and makes you close. :/
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Aaron
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A blast from the past.

It might be spy/ad ware run a few programs like Ad-aware, Spy Bot S&D and MS Anti Spy.
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Anesthesia
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Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to?
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It might be spy/ad ware run a few programs like Ad-aware, Spy Bot S&D and MS Anti Spy.

I already did that.
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iLLuZions89
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you have a virus lol :jay:
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Anesthesia
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Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to?
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I have Norton and run it every day. I doubt I have a virus.
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iLLuZions89
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depends on what year it is, like 2001 2002 may not catch the virus :logik:
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Pc_loadletter
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maybe one of your chat programs is loading a pop up window?
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Captain_Cloud-ZNS
Sorry, I was deprived of oxygen when I was born.
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@_@ Hmm..never solely trust Norton, a lot of things go wrong with it and it is quite easy to bypass it.
Get Webroot. It'll help defend you. =)
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Dale
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JamesWC
November 23, 2005 08:13 PM
I have Norton and run it every day. I doubt I have a virus.

I would run - trend house call - online scanner, things have been know to slip past Norton...well any anti-virus, best to double check..and its free... couls also be a hijack program...- hijackthis - would find it.
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Toa Lhikan
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What page does IE open up?
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Anesthesia
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Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to?
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IE opens the homepage. The homepage is msn.com.
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iLLuZions89
November 23, 2005 08:15 PM
depends on what year it is, like 2001 2002 may not catch the virus  :logik:

Not nessicarly. I have Norton 2005 System works, definitions update to date yet a few days ago I had three virus on this computer. Norton says nearly everything that is done on the computer:

Programs opening
Programs Closing
Games Played
Files downloaded
Files Uploaded


I think actually everything is scanned. If it picks up like a 'virused' file it will alert you can ask weather you want to delete the file or locks it up (can't type the correct word).

Oh and it scans for much more than just a virus:
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Maybe you have some sort of updater or scheduled task or something that's trying to execute but isn't working right?
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