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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #45 on: February 21, 2009, 18:14 »
lol oh yes thanks simon, although that wouldn't be this problem but if i don't need it, it can go.. I'm thinking its the 2 iexplores ppl saying its trojan.. typingbad :(
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #46 on: February 21, 2009, 18:18 »
Do you have two instances of IE open, Michelle?
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #47 on: February 21, 2009, 18:21 »
i have 4 tabs open but not 2 ie's   -  ppl are saying to remove the iexplore in prefetch........... hmmm
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #48 on: February 21, 2009, 18:24 »
Windows will only put it back...
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #49 on: February 21, 2009, 18:25 »
whooooooooooops!!!!!!!!!

I thought i'd try end process on one of them and see what happened ........ ie closed they both went from task mgr and when i opened ie again it put 4 in there!
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #50 on: February 21, 2009, 18:30 »
I think you really need to clean out the machine by using the selective startup option in MSConfig, Michelle. Stop everything which isn't MS, and see what happens then.
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #51 on: February 21, 2009, 18:34 »
Having done some Googling, it seems 'iexplore.exe' could be a trojan.  Prevx has been recommended to remove it, but I can't understand how the others you've tried have failed to.
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #52 on: February 21, 2009, 18:41 »
yes i saw that too simon, I've done them all but not in safemode, oh i did do one in safemode
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #53 on: February 21, 2009, 18:59 »
Some malware can only be removed if it's not running, hence the need to run the scanners in safe mode.  I would try that first, Michelle, and / or Rik's suggestion, but if it's a 'hidden' trojan, it may not appear in MSConfig.
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #54 on: February 21, 2009, 19:06 »
I suspect a re-install may be the fastest way to fix this. :(
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #55 on: February 21, 2009, 19:20 »
nooooooooooooo there must be another way lol

i tired that diagnostic one - i'd not done that one i'd done selective start up - anyway i didn't know what i needed to get the internet working so i had to come out again, but the 2 iexplores were still there.

taskmgr looks better though ! lol
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #56 on: February 21, 2009, 19:21 »
okay then I'll do some more scanning :) thanks guys
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #57 on: February 21, 2009, 19:22 »
17 is a big improvement. :)
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #58 on: February 21, 2009, 19:32 »
oh something else happens sometimes too - when i start pc a tab pops up at the bottom "led hotkey keyboard" it seems to have been doing it since i got this problem.
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Re: yontoo or java or ie8 ? heelp
« Reply #59 on: February 21, 2009, 19:39 »
Well, again, nothing conclusive from Googling, but it could be a keylogger, so unless you've recently installed some new keyboard software, it needs to be got rid of.

Are you using AVG, by any chance?
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