Popup Windows Pop Up then disappear after a few seconds

[Oren D. Eisner]

Hi.
I'm running WinXP SP2 and IE 6.0.

Recently, a new condition has presented itself on my machine. When I
click on a legitimate pop-up window, the pop-up comes up for about 1
second, then closes. This happens with the IE pop-up blocker enabled
or disabled. Sometimes I see a javascript error but there are also
times when I get no indication of a problem.

This happens with pop-up like when visiting some shopping site and
there is a "click for larger image" type link. (E.g. buy.com product
selection).

This just started happening ... which leaves me baffled. I've reset
all IE settings to default values ... no change.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Oren

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Hi.
I'm running WinXP SP2 and IE 6.0.

Recently, a new condition has presented itself on my machine. When I
click on a legitimate pop-up window, the pop-up comes up for about 1
second, then closes. This happens with the IE pop-up blocker enabled
or disabled. Sometimes I see a javascript error but there are also
times when I get no indication of a problem.

This happens with pop-up like when visiting some shopping site and
there is a "click for larger image" type link. (E.g. buy.com product
selection).

This just started happening ... which leaves me baffled. I've reset
all IE settings to default values ... no change.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Oren

First eliminate any spyware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stact. Before
you try to remove spyware using any of these programs , download a copy of
LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks (all Windows
versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
In WinXP SP2: You can fix Winsock by going to Start | Run and typing
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

 

[Guest]

Hi Frank,
Well, I tried just about every anti-spyware / malware approach you suggested
in the previous posting including posting to forums.spywareinfo.com. I have
not yet had and success and for some reason no one has replied to my post to
the other forum. (I expect that my topic just doesn't sound interesting
enough).

I could really use any additional help or suggestions you may provide This
problem is quite serious and greatly limits my ability to use IE. If there
are additional tests that you can suggest, procedures to follow, or log files
that you would like me to post, I'm ready and willing. I thought of
re-installing IE but that proves to be a little more difficult than I thought.

PLEASE help me!

Oren

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Hi Frank,
Well, I tried just about every anti-spyware / malware approach you
suggested in the previous posting including posting to
forums.spywareinfo.com. I have not yet had and success and for some
reason no one has replied to my post to the other forum. (I expect
that my topic just doesn't sound interesting enough).

I could really use any additional help or suggestions you may provide
This problem is quite serious and greatly limits my ability to use
IE. If there are additional tests that you can suggest, procedures
to follow, or log files that you would like me to post, I'm ready and
willing. I thought of re-installing IE but that proves to be a
little more difficult than I thought.

PLEASE help me!

Oren

It's only been two hours. Give it some time.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

 

[sf]

I've been having exactly the same problem.

This most recent response was 2 weeks ago.

Any progress or additional suggestions.

None of the suggestions in related postings seem to work.

--

Stephen B. Fullerton
MRA Managed Care Solutions
Center For Family Self Sufficiency
tel: 562 498 7892
fax: 562 498 2178

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Do you have any antispyware/antiadware software running? If so, disable it
and test.

Also, the fixes at this link may apply:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_5.htm#shuts_down

 

[Guest]

Do you have Ad-Watch running? Set "monitoring off" and all works fine.

pesantini