This probably isn't a virus, but it happened while researching them, so I figured I'd post it here...
I've never had a problem with popups on my computer, but something odd happened this morning at the following Bleeping Computer page...
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/isDeleteMe-11846.htmlI clicked on the
O4 Entry link and it started opening the page in a new window. Deciding I didn't want to look at the page after all, I went to exit out of it. But when I did that, the window popped up again. And again. And again... In a few seconds, I had maybe 20 or 30 windows. They weren't advertisement popups or anything; just the same page loading over and over again.
IEXPLORER.EXE was taking up about 100 MB of memory usage, so I ended the task and the windows stopped popping up. Totally freaked out, I immediately ran HJT, but the log came up clean. It looks the same as always. I scanned with AVG and TrojanHunter and neither of them found anything. McAfee ran the routine system scan, and although it was before this happened, it also came up clean, aside from a couple of cookies.
Like I said, I have never had a problem with popups on this computer. And I haven't had anymore problems since trying to open that page...until a few minutes ago. As a test, I tried it again, and the exact same thing happened. One thing I noticed, though, is that it only happens if I close the window
before the page loads any content. If I let the page load and then try closing the window, it works normally. I've never had anything like this happen before and I don't know what to make of it.
What's your take on this situation? Does it sound like some well-hidden malware or just some kind of bug/glitch? Does this problem happen with anyone else?
I'd appreciate any input.
Oh, and because I know someone was bound to ask...I tried viewing the page in Firefox and no, the same thing doesn't happen.
