HelpCenter (helpctr.exe) Goes Crazy and Opens 100 times

[Guest]

Got a problem I cant figure out. When I open Explorer or Outlook, the
HelpCenter ap opens itself 100+ times without warning. If I check
TaskManager, I will have 120 to 150 processes running. Helpctr.exe will be
100+ of those. System runs out of virtual memory and freezes up. Have to
reboot to get loose.

It acts like I have a key or function key stuck down. Any suggestions?

Is there any way to stop helpctr.exe from starting up at all?

 

[Rich Barry]

Check for Malware. Use all of these free sites.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/





http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html





http://housecall.trendmicro.com/



http://www.webroot.com/



http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A2-6A57-4C57-A8BD-DBF62EDA9671&displaylang=en





http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit

 

[Guest]

First thing I tried. Ran AdawareSEV1.06, Microsoft Antispam Beta, Norton
virus scan, etc...all came back clean. Also nothing in the system logs.