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Originally posted by pan6467
I think my computer has a worm/trojan horse or something. I am forced to use Netscape because the Explorer always loads as it's homepage "best of the net" pay search engine and then just goes nuts with popups. If I go into sites like MSN or Norton or even Yahoo it will send me back to that ad search engine.
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Also Explorer is always running when I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to end task Explorer is always running, if I end task it, it shuts down the whole computer.
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Number 1.> Yeah, that could be a trojan. you should download stinger from
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ and let it run, see if it picks anything up. You should also download Ad-aware 6 (which is free) and Spybot (also free) and use them. If you choose "Immunize" in spybot, it will block a lot of spyware products from running. Ultimately, I would recommmend reinstalling your computer. SOunds like a pain in the ass, but trust me.... if you do so once a year or so it fixes a lot of problems you didn't even know you had. Make sure you have installation CDs for as many devices as possible before doing so, and definately have drivers for your modem/dsl connection. That way you can get any drivers you don't have off the internet. Lemme know if you actually get frustrated enough to reinstall and I'll provide more specific instructions.
2.> Yeah...the Explorer you see running is Windows explorer, not internet explorer. t's pretty much what you interact with when you use windows, so don't be surprised if windows stops when explorer does.
Good luck.