IE will not close

[RKB]

I just got cable internet at my house like 2 months ago
(comcast), and right now we're using my roomate's laptop
(new compaq Evo). The internet had been working fine until
one day I got on and after I was finished I tried to "X"
out of the screen and it wouldn't close. So I had to open
the task manager and close the screen that way. THe next
thing I noticed when I was on a site where I was filling
in information, I couldn't "tab" between the different
fields. So I ran an antivirus scan, no viruses, I also
used Norton to run a clean sweep and had no major problems
there either. Then I installed her firewall which was
disabled at the time just to make the computer more
secure. .....and after all of this, I tried again to close
out of a website and I still get no response? Any ideas?

 

[H Leboeuf]

You have been hacked by some parasites.

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

More: This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Additional link:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm


You may need this removal tool.
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