Internet Explorer kept opening new windows. What happened?

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  1. yk7
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Internet Explorer kept opening new windows. What happened?


    I was browsing with Firefox when all of a sudden Internet Explorer kept opening new windows at a rate of about 3 per second. It was going so fast that all I could do was shut down my computer and it hasn't happened since. I don't really recall what pages I was on but it kept happening after I closed Firefox. Is this a virus? How can I check if it is or isn't?
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  2. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2

    I have seen that a couple of times too. Restart is the cure. No idea what the cause is.
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  3. yk7
    Posts : 93
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    I didn't really have a good view of what was being opened in IE since the new windows kept covering the previous ones, but I got a small glimpse of "myemail@" in the address bar just before I pressed shut down.
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  4. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #4

    Can you reproduce the issue? If so, what website were you visiting in Firefox.
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  5. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #5

    Is Internet Explorer your default browser? Or Firefox?

    A Guy
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  6. yk7
    Posts : 93
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    Thread Starter
       #6

    UsernameIssues said:
    Can you reproduce the issue? If so, what website were you visiting in Firefox.
    I'm unable to reproduce it.
    A Guy said:
    Is Internet Explorer your default browser? Or Firefox?

    A Guy
    Firefox. I never use Internet Explorer.
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  7. yk7
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       #7

    Completed full scans with:
    SUPERAntiSpyware (Free) - OK
    Malwarebytes Pro (Paid) - OK
    Avast IS (Paid) - OK
    MSE (Free) - OK
    HitmanPro (Paid) - Deleted Softonic PUP in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ & Quarantined ..\AppData\Local\Temp\10d2...\CliSecureRT64.dll

    Still looking to know if anything normal could have caused this or if it's a virus.
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  8. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #8

    Chances are with those scanners, you are clean. You can try AdwCleaner. I have added it to my weekly scans for months now.

    Choose Download@BleepingComputer

    AdwCleaner Download

    How To Use AdwCleaner [Manual] | malwareremovalguides

    If you want another opinion, try a AV rescue disc to scan outside of windows

    Comprehensive List of 26 Bootable Antivirus Rescue CDs for Offline Scanning ? Raymond.CC

    A Guy
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  9. yk7
    Posts : 93
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       #9

    Ran AdwCleaner.
    Deleted these registry keys
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\apnstub_RASAPI32
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\apnstub_RASMANCS
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\au__rasapi32
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\au__rasmancs
    HKCU\Software\APN PIP
    HKLM\Software\PIP
    and my Firefox and Chrome preference files, yet I all my settings I made in the browsers are still the same?
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  10. yk7
    Posts : 93
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    Thread Starter
       #10

    I also ran JRT, it deleted my Firefox prefs once again and "C:\Windows\syswow64\ai_recyclebin".
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