Do I have a gremlin in my PC?

[Trickster]

Hi. I have a PC with win2k, IE 6 SP1, SP4 + all the hotfixes installed.
Opening too many Internet Explorer windows messes up my desktop and taskbar
(taskbar buttons disappear, windows lose their buttons, quicklaunch becomes
gray, right-click stops working, windows start flickering). If I close some
of the IE windows everything gets back to normal. I've done a full system
check and I've come up virus free. It looks like IE has gone haywire. Any
suggestions (apart from reinstalling?)

 

[Guest]

When you say you have done a full system check, what did
you check with? Only your Anit-Viurs Program?

 

[Guest]

Try Pestscan online http://www.pestscan.com/ScanOrTrial.asp

----- Trickster wrote: -----

Yes. I used AVG to do a full system scan and came up empty handed. And I
have Zone Alarm always on, since I'm on cable. If you mean hardware check, I
haven't done that.
It's really strange. Closing programs doesn't free up the RAM, and at times
a program will either refuse to start / crash with empty dialog boxes and no
event log messages.

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<[email protected]> a scris:

|| When you say you have done a full system check, what did
|| you check with? Only your Anit-Viurs Program?
||
||| -----Original Message-----
||| Hi. I have a PC with win2k, IE 6 SP1, SP4 + all the hotfixes
||| installed. Opening too many Internet Explorer windows messes up my
||| desktop and taskbar (taskbar buttons disappear, windows lose their
||| buttons, quicklaunch becomes gray, right-click stops working,
||| windows start flickering). If I close some of the IE windows
||| everything gets back to normal. I've done a full system check and
||| I've come up virus free. It looks like IE has gone haywire. Any
||| suggestions (apart from reinstalling?)
|||
|||
||| .

 

[Guest]

No i was referring to spyware, which your AV program will
not pick up. Zone Alarm is a great program, but maybe
something got through. Here are two Anti-Spyware
programs you can download (both free).

Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org
Ad-aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Try Ad-aware first-Before you scan check for UPDATES,
scan, kill everything if finds ( be sure to set the
program for automatic backup) then reboot. See if that
helps.

Here is a online Virus Scanner you might want to try also.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

 

[Trickster]

Yes. I used AVG to do a full system scan and came up empty handed. And I
have Zone Alarm always on, since I'm on cable. If you mean hardware check, I
haven't done that.
It's really strange. Closing programs doesn't free up the RAM, and at times
a program will either refuse to start / crash with empty dialog boxes and no
event log messages.

(e-mail address removed)
<[email protected]> a scris:

|| When you say you have done a full system check, what did
|| you check with? Only your Anit-Viurs Program?
||
||| -----Original Message-----
||| Hi. I have a PC with win2k, IE 6 SP1, SP4 + all the hotfixes
||| installed. Opening too many Internet Explorer windows messes up my
||| desktop and taskbar (taskbar buttons disappear, windows lose their
||| buttons, quicklaunch becomes gray, right-click stops working,
||| windows start flickering). If I close some of the IE windows
||| everything gets back to normal. I've done a full system check and
||| I've come up virus free. It looks like IE has gone haywire. Any
||| suggestions (apart from reinstalling?)
|||
|||
||| .

 

[Trickster]

Well, I removed the Alexa Toolbar (goddamn Amazon) using AdAware. Will have
to wait and see if the symptoms go away. Shame though, it was pretty useful.