many browser windows opening automatically (must be virus?)

chas53 said:

thank you very much.

I talked to a very knowledgeable friend.
he suggested I get rid of malwarebytes.

and download and run spybot.

I did. it found 12 problems and fixed them. including 2 browser helper objects.

will hold off on sfc scannow for now.

thank you very much.

hoping problem is fixed.

Spybot S&D was a very good product sometime ago and is most likely still viable, but I wouldn't remove MBAM and replace it with Spybot. Plus, it never hurts to have additional tools to use when trying to solve a problem.

Just my .02 cents worth.

thank you Sir George so very much for your reply.

I downloaded and ran malwarebytes. it did not detect any problems.

per my friend's recommendation, I deleted the program. and downloaded and ran spybot. it found and fixed 12 problems.

so far no more problems. am wondering if you still think I should download malwarebytes again (and then get rid of spybot s & d)???

Sir George said:

chas53 said:

thank you very much.

I talked to a very knowledgeable friend.
he suggested I get rid of malwarebytes.

and download and run spybot.

I did. it found 12 problems and fixed them. including 2 browser helper objects.

will hold off on sfc scannow for now.

thank you very much.

hoping problem is fixed.

Spybot S&D was a very good product sometime ago and is most likely still viable, but I wouldn't remove MBAM and replace it with Spybot. Plus, it never hurts to have additional tools to use when trying to solve a problem.

Just my .02 cents worth.

chas53 said:

thank you Sir George so very much for your reply.

I downloaded and ran malwarebytes. it did not detect any problems.

per my friend's recommendation, I deleted the program. and downloaded and ran spybot. it found and fixed 12 problems.

so far no more problems. am wondering if you still think I should download malwarebytes again (and then get rid of spybot s & d)???

Sir George said:

chas53 said:

thank you very much.

I talked to a very knowledgeable friend.
he suggested I get rid of malwarebytes.

and download and run spybot.

I did. it found 12 problems and fixed them. including 2 browser helper objects.

will hold off on sfc scannow for now.

thank you very much.

hoping problem is fixed.

Spybot S&D was a very good product sometime ago and is most likely still viable, but I wouldn't remove MBAM and replace it with Spybot. Plus, it never hurts to have additional tools to use when trying to solve a problem.

Just my .02 cents worth.

My suggestion isn't to get rid of Spybot S&D, but to add MBAM as an additional source tool. My choice for malware detection is MBAM, but that's a personal decision and many people use other detection software and are quite satisfied with their choice.

Hope this helps to clarify my suggestion.

thank you very much Sir George.

I understand now.

yes koolkat77. thank you again.

so far so good.

fingers are crossed.

I will do that right now.

thank you so much again koolkat77 for the excellent help.

thank you again Sir George. and thank you cmmtch.

hey guys, would someone please tell me if they know the answer to this question:

I sometimes have 6 or 8 web browser tabs open at the same time.

I go back and forth reading articles, posting on forums, listening to songs at youtube, emailing at hotmail and on and on.

is it dangerous to do that?

I mean does it make you more vulnerable to getting attacked like just happenned to me?