Annoying pop-up add appears everytime I close an Internet Explorer Window

[hasp24au]

I'm getting an annoying pop-up window whenever I close an Internet
Explorer window for the second time. I'm using Internet Explorer
version 6.0.2600 under Win98 SE. The pop-up add is always the same
"Click on your favorite screensaver!". If I open an IE window for the
first time and close it I don't get the add, but if I open IE again
for the seconds time and close it the add will appear. It always
follows the same pattern and doesn't care what site i'm on.

Iv'e tried running the latest versions of Spybot and Adaware but
neither have helped.

Anyone else have this problem?

James

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I'm getting an annoying pop-up window whenever I close an Internet
Explorer window for the second time. I'm using Internet Explorer
version 6.0.2600 under Win98 SE. The pop-up add is always the same
"Click on your favorite screensaver!". If I open an IE window for the
first time and close it I don't get the add, but if I open IE again
for the seconds time and close it the add will appear. It always
follows the same pattern and doesn't care what site i'm on.

Iv'e tried running the latest versions of Spybot and Adaware but
neither have helped.

Anyone else have this problem?

James

First eliminate any scumware.
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.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ 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.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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"hasp24au" said in news:[email protected]:

I'm getting an annoying pop-up window whenever I close an Internet
Explorer window for the second time. I'm using Internet Explorer
version 6.0.2600 under Win98 SE. The pop-up add is always the same
"Click on your favorite screensaver!". If I open an IE window for the
first time and close it I don't get the add, but if I open IE again
for the seconds time and close it the add will appear. It always
follows the same pattern and doesn't care what site i'm on.

Iv'e tried running the latest versions of Spybot and Adaware but
neither have helped.

Anyone else have this problem?

James

Although HijackThis will show what BHOs (browser helper objects) have
been integrated into IE, BHO Demon might be easier to see them (and it's
a handy tool for later checkup). Plus BHO Demon will let you disable
them rather than have to uninstall them to test which might be affecting
IE. Maybe a BHO is altering IE's behavior.

You could also run msconfig.exe to disable all startup programs, reboot,
and check if the symptom remains. If not, something loaded on Windows
startup is the culprit. Enable them one by one, reboot (so the
reenabled program gets loaded), and retest. When the problem returns,
the prior reenabled program is the culprit. This could take awhile if
you have lots of programs getting loaded on startup, so slice up the
list in a binary tree. Select half to disable and test. If the problem
appears, one of those that were enabled is the culprit; if not, the
culprit is in the other group that was disabled. Slice the culprit
group in half and test again. Repeat until you eventually get down to 2
or 3 that in which the culprit lies, then test one at a time. If you
had 24 programs loaded on startup, it's faster to run 5 or 6 tests
rather than 24.