all IE addin tool bars can have mal effects,
the writer had no idea what other software could be running on any target
computer, has no idea what effect possible combinations may have
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Adaware
http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot
http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus
http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan
http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
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"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in message
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Very unlikely.
I run adaware and spybot weekly. Inspect the running programs monthly. I
have my system locked down very well. The only thing that qualifies is the
MSN Tool Bar. Shutting it down helps immensely but it always reinstalls
itself. Does that qualify as Malware?
Rikk.
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
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"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in message
My machine has recently started this behavior. When you click a link
in the text of a newsgroup message, it launches the IE Browswer
window and then the Browser window locks up. It has to be killed from
the task manager. If I copy the same url and paste into a browser, it
never locks up. The webpage does not load. You cannot close the
window or right click on its icon in the task bar.
Is there something about the way OE is calling the IE Browser causing
this behavior?
XPSP2 all updates installed.
It is not something in the way OE is calling the browser. You probably
are infested with malware.
Systematically go through the steps at this site:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
also see
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html
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