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Worth running HJT? - Jordan L. - 01-23-2010
My sister has a laptop, with Windows Vista. She doesn't use it for much other then facebook and school things. Lately with Internet Explorer, she's been getting a weird message saying it doesn't work or something, then tons of IE Windows come up. Is it worth running a HJT Log to see what the problem is? Or what should we do to fix it?
RE: Worth running HJT? - DAMINK™ - 01-23-2010
It sounds like its infected so yes i would certainly run some tools to clean it up.
HJT would be a good start. Then installing Firefox would be next
RE: Worth running HJT? - Jordan L. - 01-23-2010
I've told her countless times to install Firefox, she just thinks it's a waste. She never listens to me about anything computer related, so I'm thinking about not helping her at all anyway. Thanks for the quick reply.
RE: Worth running HJT? - Extasey - 01-23-2010
Tell her to use chrome, she may like it more. I heard there was a big virus going around that fucks up your IE. Not sure how legitimate that claim is though...
RE: Worth running HJT? - Kharnage - 01-23-2010
This happened to my sisters laptop too, she was on facebook while using internet explorer and then it always crashes. I switched her to chrome and now it's better. I ran a scan with MSE, Malwarebytes and SAS, but I couldn't find anything wrong with it.
RE: Worth running HJT? - Jordan L. - 01-23-2010
(01-23-2010, 08:34 AM)revolt Wrote: This happened to my sisters laptop too, she was on facebook while using internet explorer and then it always crashes. I switched her to chrome and now it's better. I ran a scan with MSE, Malwarebytes and SAS, but I couldn't find anything wrong with it.
That's the exact same problem with hers. Whenever she uses Facebook it dies.
RE: Worth running HJT? - Kharnage - 01-23-2010
(01-23-2010, 03:55 PM)trilobyte- Wrote: That's the exact same problem with hers. Whenever she uses Facebook it dies.
I found it odd too however I ran several scans and couldn't find anything. She's back in college right now so I can't really look further into this issue. I just searched around, try this on her computer and see if it fixes the problem.
Quote:1. In internet explorer, click on "Tools"http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090213053436AAPc01u
2. click on "Internet Options"
3. Go to "Advanced" tab
4. Click the "Reset" button (just above the "Ok", "Cancel", and "Apply" buttons)
RE: Worth running HJT? - DAMINK™ - 01-23-2010
I wonder if it has anything to do with all the crap they run on Facebook?
Do you get any problems with other sites?
And @Extacey yea we got a warning here about it saying to stop using IE
RE: Worth running HJT? - Codine - 01-23-2010
I'd scan with HJT just to be sure about it. Post the log here if you like and I will have a look through it.
RE: Worth running HJT? - Jordan L. - 01-23-2010
Alright, I'll try what Revolt said first, then I'll run a scan if it still happens.