Internet Explorer

[Iris]

For whatever reason IE keeps opening up, and freezing... So I close it and it just opens again. I have no idea why it's opening, either. I have restarted my computer twice and it hasn't helped. If it freezes and I just leave it open, another window opens. WTF

 

[Peter Parka]

Get firefox. IE is shit.

 

[Iris]

....Did you not read my post? I never said I use IE... I use google chrome. But IE started opening randomly and won't stop.

 

[Alien Allen]

you probably have a virus

PM me if you want a suggestion where to go for help.

Have you ever run Hijack This ??

 

[Iris]

No, I have never heard of that. It started happening after I tried downloading OLP from demonoid... :/

 

[Peter Parka]

....Did you not read my post? I never said I use IE... I use google chrome. But IE started opening randomly and won't stop.

You probably should have made that clearer. You made no mention of google chrome, just IE.

 

[Alien Allen]

No, I have never heard of that. It started happening after I tried downloading OLP from demonoid... :/

I would say you have a virus

You could try running some anti spyware and see if it does any good but I am doubtful.

Some of these viruses can be a bit tough to remove.

Hijack This is a free program that will help to determine if there is a source and give people in the know the info needed to remove it.

Doing a system restore does not work.

I would be careful what you do in the meantime. Some of these viruses can compromise your security.

 

[Haus]

Download this program called Malwarebytes, update the program after downloading, run the scan and you should be good to go. remove everything it finds

you dont have to buy it

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

 

[sierrabravo]

i think you have a pretty nasty virus called "Internet Explorer" you can't get rid of it, but you can ignore it by downloading firefox :24:

 

[sierrabravo]

or you can try Spybot search and destroy, or Ad-aware, both are free versions

 

[Jessica]

oh yes that happened to me before.

it's annoying but I eventually get rid of them all

 

[Iris]

You probably should have made that clearer. You made no mention of google chrome, just IE.

But that doesn't mean I use IE. I said it was opening randomly, not that I was opening it.

I would say you have a virus

You could try running some anti spyware and see if it does any good but I am doubtful.

Some of these viruses can be a bit tough to remove.

Hijack This is a free program that will help to determine if there is a source and give people in the know the info needed to remove it.

Doing a system restore does not work.

I would be careful what you do in the meantime. Some of these viruses can compromise your security.

Yeah, I was thinking that after I realized when it started to happen. Great! Haha, I'll have to do that then. Thanks!

 

[Alien Allen]

depending upon what it is anti spyware won't always work.

Malwarebytes is a good one so it is worth running that first and see how things go.

I am not qualified to help with the Hijack This unfortunately but there are sites that are free that provide help on these kinds of problems.

 

[Impy]

Damnit Kay, I thought I told you to be careful about what Porn sites you went to. It's just like being a real whore, you catch things.

 

[Peter Parka]

But that doesn't mean I use IE. I said it was opening randomly, not that I was opening it.

Ok, chill yer boots, I wasn't the only one who thought this.

 

[Zorak]

you probably have a virus

PM me if you want a suggestion where to go for help.

Have you ever run Hijack This ??

:homo:

It's a fairly common symptom of a virus, and a tenacious one at that, unforunatley.

 

[Iris]

Damnit Kay, I thought I told you to be careful about what Porn sites you went to. It's just like being a real whore, you catch things.

lol Shut up. Whore.

 

[Jessica]

maybe you should just uninstall IE?

 

[Francis]

maybe you should just uninstall IE?

Part of the issue is that you can never really get rid of Internet Explorer completely..

If you open a standard Folder in windows, you can make it into a Internet Explorer Window just by typing www. anysite you want.com and it will go to it instead of your C:\Documents and Settings\User\...

I don't think Microsoft ever close that loophole in Windows XP but may have in later Windows like Vista and Windows 7.. Maybe you can update me

 

[sierrabravo]

maybe you should just uninstall IE?

you cannot ever uninstall Internet Explorer. It's an "integral" part of Windows.