Spontaneous IE Windows Opening

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I have a computer that is running IE 6 and sometimes it will open anywhere
between 30 and 60 sometimes more individual windows and then spontaneously
close itself as well. I did check for viruses and spyware and it is clean
running both AdAware and Spybot Search and Destroy as well as running NAV. I
am curious if anybody else has ever had this problem and what you did to
rectify it.

Thanks in advance.
Jonathan

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

I have a computer that is running IE 6 and sometimes it will open
anywhere between 30 and 60 sometimes more individual windows and then
spontaneously close itself as well. I did check for viruses and
spyware and it is clean running both AdAware and Spybot Search and
Destroy as well as running NAV. I am curious if anybody else has
ever had this problem and what you did to rectify it.

Thanks in advance.
Jonathan

run HijackThis; http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip
HijackThis - Tutorial & FAQ;
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=42

Register here: http://aumha.net/profile.php?mode=register
Once you have received your registration confirmation, post your HJT
log here: *(for expert analysis)*
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30

Please see http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=4075 and
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm before posting to the forum.

HijackThis tutorial:
http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm

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I have a computer that is running IE 6 and sometimes it will
open anywhere
between 30 and 60 sometimes more individual windows and then
spontaneously
close itself as well. I did check for viruses and spyware and
it is clean
running both AdAware and Spybot Search and Destroy as well as
running NAV. I
am curious if anybody else has ever had this problem and what
you did to
rectify it.

Thanks in advance.
Jonathan

Frank's advice, IMO, is right on. Read up on the HiJackThis
stuff and you'll find lots of assistance available to you. You
do have malware, it's just about guaranteed.
There are situations like yours that get by the stuff, and
finding which spyware/malare prog will handle it is tough at
times. Do everything you know how to do, and hijack will give
you good options.

Dumb question: You did, of course, update ALL of your
av/spyaware progs BEFORE you did those scans, right? If not; the
scans were a waste of time. And your os is up to date with all
the fixes? What is your os?

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