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10 Aug 2010  
Digerati

Windows 7 Profession 64-bit
781 posts
Nebraska, USA
 
 

If you click on Start and enter, Internet Explorer in the search box, you should see the option to run Internet Explorer (No Add-ons). Select that. Does it do the same thing?

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10 Aug 2010  
Petey7

Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
3,075 posts
Virginia
 
 

Do what Digerati said first. If that doesn't help I would download and run MalwareBytes. Make sure to update it before running it. This is definitely not normal behavior by any means and I have only seen malware/viruses cause anything like this.
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10 Aug 2010  
emilyan2010

Windows 7 Ultimate
122 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Digerati View Post
If you click on Start and enter, Internet Explorer in the search box, you should see the option to run Internet Explorer (No Add-ons). Select that. Does it do the same thing?
I ran it without addons, but still i got the same problem. I think I am going to use malwarebytes to see if there is any problem.
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10 Aug 2010  
emilyan2010

Windows 7 Ultimate
122 posts
 
 

Sorry for double post, but I wanted to see that I had ran Malwarebytes, scaned my computer, but still I get the same result. What should I do?
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10 Aug 2010  
Petey7

Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
3,075 posts
Virginia
 
 

Download and run HijackThis. It should create a log. Copy and paste that into a post and wait for further instructions before doing anything else. Its best to have Jacee or another member with similar expertise look through it before removing anything.
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10 Aug 2010  
emilyan2010

Windows 7 Ultimate
122 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Petey7 View Post
Download and run HijackThis. It should create a log. Copy and paste that into a post and wait for further instructions before doing anything else. Its best to have Jacee or another member with similar expertise look through it before removing anything.
It said imposible to open file C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\hijackthis.log.
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10 Aug 2010  
Petey7

Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
3,075 posts
Virginia
 
 

Try renaming it to hello.txt and see if it will let you open it.
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10 Aug 2010  
emilyan2010

Windows 7 Ultimate
122 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Petey7 View Post
Try renaming it to hello.txt and see if it will let you open it.
It does not save the file on the path it sais.

EDIT: I clicked on save log and tried to save to hello.txt, but still I get this problem,
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10 Aug 2010  
Petey7

Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
3,075 posts
Virginia
 
 

I have to be honest, I think quite a bit of malware is at play here and I'm not sure how else to go about getting rid of it short of a clean install of Windows 7. I would wait until this afternoon when Jacee in online to see what she says she is an expert in this field so she might have a trick or two up here sleeve.
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10 Aug 2010  
emilyan2010

Windows 7 Ultimate
122 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Petey7 View Post
I have to be honest, I think quite a bit of malware is at play here and I'm not sure how else to go about getting rid of it short of a clean install of Windows 7. I would wait until this afternoon when Jacee in online to see what she says she is an expert in this field so she might have a trick or two up here sleeve.
I have run Malwarebytes as a fast scan, not a full scan (I forgot to mention I have the full version+Microsoft Security Esentials now as antiviruses). Should I run a full scan or just wait for Jacee to be online?
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