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Old 03-31-2006, 10:27 AM
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windows question

for some reason, i can only view one window at a time.

if i hit crtl-n to make another window, another window appears yet quickly vanishes leaving me back to just one.

can anyone help? thanks

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Old 03-31-2006, 11:43 AM
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Sounds like the classic case of adware, where they say your computer is infected, and they try to sell you their software that removes the windows window problem. I would switch to mozilla firfox ASAP to prevent further problems.
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Old 03-31-2006, 01:51 PM
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ok. i just downloaded mozilla firefox and it is now my homepage browser.

now what? i want it to get rid of all the bad stuff.
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Old 03-31-2006, 02:03 PM
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JenTay - as a suggestion go to Microsoft.com and download their Anti-SpyWare Beta program - Free and works very well.
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Old 03-31-2006, 03:51 PM
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I use a combo of an antivirus (McAfee) and also use both Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Spybot. That gives me decent protection to make sure I don't get alot of crap onto it.

The other thing I do is use my parents MAC when I can. Fast, simple, reliable. Period.
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Old 04-01-2006, 09:18 AM
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Sounds to me like there is a pop-up blocker working here
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Old 04-01-2006, 09:42 AM
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Not so sure Aklim, I'm running a pop up blocker, but ctrl-n works just fine for me. I'm leaning toward some malicious adware, Ad Aware 6.0 and SpyBot will probably clear the problem.
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Old 04-01-2006, 09:46 AM
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Not so sure Aklim, I'm running a pop up blocker, but ctrl-n works just fine for me. I'm leaning toward some malicious adware, Ad Aware 6.0 and SpyBot will probably clear the problem.
That's true but I would like her to check and make sure the blocker is not working first before we go towards downloading the Adware which is great.
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Old 04-01-2006, 09:50 AM
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No problem checking the easy stuff first. That is why I posted my results for her comparison.

EDIT: I'm not using Google or Yahoo pop-up blocker, mine is the one built into XP with SP-2 installed.
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Old 04-01-2006, 10:02 AM
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try running a google search. I just put in Internet explorer new window and came up with 463,000 hits. You will have to do some hunting but it sounds like windows problem caused by a virus of some sort.

Most times it seems easier to just reformat the hard drive and start over. I tend to do it about ever 4-6 months. I have gotten to the point where I can have it doen in about 3-4 hours.
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Most times it seems easier to just reformat the hard drive and start over. I tend to do it about ever 4-6 months. I have gotten to the point where I can have it doen in about 3-4 hours.
As was mentioned in another thread a while back, a disk imaging utility can really be a time saver if drastic measures are desired. Pretty nice to be able to quickly restore everything (operating system, applications, configuration/customization, etc.) to any particular point in time at which one chose to burn an image.

As one example, the current version of Acronis TrueImage can be had (as a download) for $30. Cheap insurance, by my lights.

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