Internet Explorer: Flipping Font Sizes, Virus?

[Guest]

Hello,
My Internet Explorer has been acting up lately. Font sizes for pages such as
Google, Yahoo, NYTimes are 5 times as bigger than usual, while other pages
(such as CNN and this page) remain normal. This started 2 weeks ago -
sometimes when I close the Browser and start over, the font size goes back to
normal on the offending pages - other times it doesn't. For the last two
days, despite turning off the computer, the font sizes have stayed big. Are
those particular websites changing their website font pages? or do I have
some sort of virus?
Thanks! Hopefully, it is the former...

 

[kovik]

I recommend you to use your antivirus solution "if you have" and run a full
scan.
if you dont here is an online good option for you:

http://housecall-beta.trendmicro.com/en/start_corp.asp

kovik

"Jay" <[email protected]> escribió en el mensaje
Hello,
My Internet Explorer has been acting up lately. Font sizes for pages such as
Google, Yahoo, NYTimes are 5 times as bigger than usual, while other pages
(such as CNN and this page) remain normal. This started 2 weeks ago -
sometimes when I close the Browser and start over, the font size goes back
to
normal on the offending pages - other times it doesn't. For the last two
days, despite turning off the computer, the font sizes have stayed big. Are
those particular websites changing their website font pages? or do I have
some sort of virus?
Thanks! Hopefully, it is the former...

 

[Guest]

Thanks - I have NAV 2005 - it didn't find anything....what else should I do?

 

[ScareCrowe]

Hello,
My Internet Explorer has been acting up lately. Font sizes for pages such as
Google, Yahoo, NYTimes are 5 times as bigger than usual, while other pages
(such as CNN and this page) remain normal. This started 2 weeks ago -
sometimes when I close the Browser and start over, the font size goes back to
normal on the offending pages - other times it doesn't. For the last two
days, despite turning off the computer, the font sizes have stayed big. Are
those particular websites changing their website font pages? or do I have
some sort of virus?
Thanks! Hopefully, it is the former...

Have you tried something like this:

Holding down control key while on offending page and scrolling the mouse
wheel? I tested this on the pages you listed myself and the font sizes on
Google & Yahoo were re-sized while CNNs remained the same. It is quite
possible you had the control key pressed by accident while you were browsing
and messed it up. Give it a whirl and lemme know!

--ScareCrowe

 

[Guest]

You are right. I feel like an idiot. Spent the last couple of hours running
Antivirus and Adware programs. I must have done that inadvertly a couple of
days ago and didn't realize it. Thanks for the help.

 

[ScareCrowe]

You are right. I feel like an idiot. Spent the last couple of hours running
Antivirus and Adware programs. I must have done that inadvertly a couple of
days ago and didn't realize it. Thanks for the help.

Forget about it I did the exact same thing!

--ScareCrowe