Computer help needed

[Tony_FLADEM]

I am having a problem with my computer. Everytime I leave me computer, I notice a 2nd Internet Explorer Icon shows up on my screen. I go to task manager/processes and I see iexplorer.exe is using 90% of my CPU.

I ran a virus checker and spybot and I get the same problem. Anyone else have this problem?

Tony

[ET Awful]

1. It's probably a spyware issue.

I would download Ad-Aware and the Microsoft Anti-Spyware program, both are free. They each find stuff that Spybot doesn't (the MS one seems to find and clean almost everything though).

[PowerToThePeople]

2. This will solve problem

[City of Mills]

3. Yeah but you don't prescribe a frontal lobotomy for a headache NT

[PowerToThePeople]

5. Ok, how about.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

[RC]

6. Some here do.

They don't understand the why everyone doesn't rush to an overpriced Mac to basically surf the net & do email.

[IChing]

4. why do you use Internet Explorer?

You are more vulnerable to attacks than any other browser switch to firefox its free.

[BlueEyedSon]

7. Download the latest spy sweeper from webroot

[WillowTree]

10. Agreed.

SpySweeper seems to be the best of the bunch and worth paying for. I have it set to run automatically at 5 AM daily and it catches virtually everything, so far at least.

Also, I'm thinking that some pop-ups are carrying a spyware payload these days, so a good pop-up blocker is adviseable for more than one reason. The Avant browser (free at www.avantbrowser.com ) has one built in (as well as blockers for pictures, flash animations, Java Applets, scripts and ActiveX) and is a secure, feature-rich tabbed browser which I like a lot better than Firefox. You might want to look into that, too.

[boredofeducation]

8. What OS?

What Operating System are you using? If you are using Windows XP, get all the latest updates and service packs and download their Anti-Spyware software.

[Tux]

9. Could be a virus/worm

Update your anti-virus, do a full scan, reboot, and it should be gone. If that didn't do it, uninstall any program you are not familiar with EXCEPT hotfixes. If that fails, use Ad-Aware, full scan, reboot, and see again. If it continues, reformat. Use Firefox instead or use Linux. I switched to Linux and never have to worry about viruses/spyware.

[ellenfl]

11. ditto the mozilla firefox suggestion. i won't touch internet

exploder. download firefox AFTER you do all the cleanup suggested. it's free, more secure and better, imho.

btw, xp updates have been known to really screw up your computer so i would be very careful downloading them. i have downloaded sp2 for my home and work computer with no problems but others have experienced problems. since sp2 mostly plugs ie security holes, switching to firefox would probably negate the necessity of downloading sp2.

ellen fl :smoke:

[BigBearJohn]

12. I downloaded Mozilla and havent had a problem since.