Hello again Barry, thanks again for your suggestion. I think I will wait until I get my desktop back. If it allows me to log in, then I will take apart my...
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I've had this happen a few times and have no idea why it does. But out of the blue, my I.E. window will pop up and start opening windows. It says "blank" pages...
Hello Vicki, Saturday, February 23, 2008, 3:55:20 PM, you wrote: V> I've had this happen a few times and have no idea why it does. But out V> of the blue, my...
The only time I've seen similar behavior has been during a virus infection. However, it usually tried to go to websites that may have been ads or shopping...
I am working on a friends system, (HP desk top AMD Athlon based running XP) and for all the tea in china I cannot stop the popups. Yes the Yahoo pop up...
Hello Barry and Dale, hmmm, so you all think it may be a virus? Dale, this isn't AOL doing it, the Internet Explorer window pops up separately. As if I were to...
I've run into this before. it was a symptom of the CoolWeb Search infestation. Try running CWShredder and hijackthis. Nick ... [Non-text portions of this...
Hello Vicki, Sunday, February 24, 2008, 1:59:49 PM, you wrote: V> Well, I don't know then. Everything checks out, just thought there V> would be a logical...
Hello Barry and Nick, for some reason when I click on that link to download CWShredder, a window pops up and says it's a security risk and doesn't want me to...
Hello Vicki, Monday, February 25, 2008, 4:24:27 PM, you wrote: V> Hello Barry and Nick, for some reason when I click on that link to V> download CWShredder, a...
Just a quick follow up;;;;;;; Glad to see that you are trying shredder. But dont overlook using hijackthis either as cwshredder only looks for Cool Web Search...
Hi again Barry, I've never had this happen before that's why it made me pause for a minute. I always get a window asking me what I want to do, like run it or...
Hello again Nick, I'm going to go download the shredder and see what it finds. I use to have hijack on my computer but it's on my desktop, not my laptop, so I...
Well guys, Barry and Nick, I ran the CWShredder and it found nothing. I was amazed how fast it downloaded and then it scanned. I mean, I barely blinked my eye...
You may want to try the free AVG anti-rootkit program I mentioned in my previous post. It will look for all types of rootkit viruses. Since the CWshredder...
Thanks Dale, oh no, I don't think I'll go that route. I am on dial-up and just the thought of having to go thru all the updates, it would take me days and...
You are most welcome. I check ed on the size of the HT application.It is less than 1 mb. (213 kb) So space wouldnt be much of an issue. And you can just delete...
Have some encrypted files. Windows XP is corrupt & cannot boot. How can i recover the files? What can i do? [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Some ideas: Do a WinXP repair install. See http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm and perform all the recommended safety steps. Or put the bad...