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Author Topic: browser windows mysteriously closing  (Read 3328 times)

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tabula_rasa

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browser windows mysteriously closing
« on: June 11, 2006, 03:37:59 PM »
First off, hi. I'm a newbie. I did a search and found nothing about this. Here's the deal:

My browser windows have been disappearing lately. At certain websites, I click on something, and every browser window that is open closes and disappears at the bottom of the computer screen. And I get no error message whatsoever. When I go back to that site, the same thing happens over and over. For example, the MTV overdrive site causes this to happen.

I have no viruses or anything that McAfee can pick up. I don't see how my pop up blocker would close down things. Anyone have a clue?

GX1_Man

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Re: browser windows mysteriously closing
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2006, 03:58:56 PM »
McAffee is not enough for spyware. Try using AdAware and/or Spybot. After updating them, run each one separately in safe mode with system restrore turned off. Let us know what you find. Disable the popup blocker for this test.

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1149901292

tabula_rasa

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Re: browser windows mysteriously closing
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2006, 05:19:18 PM »
Sorry I didn't include that. Yes, I ran Windows Defender today. Nothing showing up.

GX1_Man

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Re: browser windows mysteriously closing
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2006, 06:34:05 PM »
You may want to download and run Hijack This, then post your logfile here for analysis. You can zip it and attach or post, but it will take several posts to get it all. And the experts will need it all.  ;)

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html