IE redirects
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Ken,
Things seem to running ok, I am not getting the redirects that I was. I am still a bit concerned about the way I need to hit refresh in the Spybot Forums to see the latest posts (even after I close and restart IE and/or reboot the computer). I haven't spent much time on the internet in the last couple weeks, so I don't know if this is the only site where it acts in the way.
I was using Internet Explorer for the scans.
Is there something about the way IE is handling or updating cookies or something that could be causing this? Maybe the rootkit and/or other malware we removed had overwritten a required file or some code? I was thinking about re-installing IE or maybe installing FireFox to see if that would fix it. You had asked me not to install or un-install anything during this process...are we at a point where it would be ok to try this?
David
Things seem to running ok, I am not getting the redirects that I was. I am still a bit concerned about the way I need to hit refresh in the Spybot Forums to see the latest posts (even after I close and restart IE and/or reboot the computer). I haven't spent much time on the internet in the last couple weeks, so I don't know if this is the only site where it acts in the way.
I was using Internet Explorer for the scans.
Is there something about the way IE is handling or updating cookies or something that could be causing this? Maybe the rootkit and/or other malware we removed had overwritten a required file or some code? I was thinking about re-installing IE or maybe installing FireFox to see if that would fix it. You had asked me not to install or un-install anything during this process...are we at a point where it would be ok to try this?
David
ken545
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Hello Dave,
You have the latest version of IE for XP. IE9 is out but is only for Vista and Win 7.
Open up IE and go to Tools> Internet Options> Advanced Tab and click on RESET INTERNET EXPLORER SETTING ..Reset, this should only take 10 seconds or so, then ok your way out. Close IE and reopen it and see if that fixed it.
Firefox is also a good alternative, its all I use
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/?WT.mc_id=webwonder&WT.mc_ev=click
Let me know how it went
You have the latest version of IE for XP. IE9 is out but is only for Vista and Win 7.
Open up IE and go to Tools> Internet Options> Advanced Tab and click on RESET INTERNET EXPLORER SETTING ..Reset, this should only take 10 seconds or so, then ok your way out. Close IE and reopen it and see if that fixed it.
Firefox is also a good alternative, its all I use
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/?WT.mc_id=webwonder&WT.mc_ev=click
Let me know how it went
Ken,
I performed the IE reset like you suggested, didn't seem to have much effect.
I also downloaded and installed Firefox. I think I am going to try using it as my primary browser for a while.
Computer seems to be running good now. Thanks for all of the help. You folks at Spybot are awesome!
Thanks again.
David
I performed the IE reset like you suggested, didn't seem to have much effect.
I also downloaded and installed Firefox. I think I am going to try using it as my primary browser for a while.
Computer seems to be running good now. Thanks for all of the help. You folks at Spybot are awesome!
Thanks again.
David
ken545
Emeritus-Security Expert
Hello David,
Why dont you post here in this windows forum, they are better equiped to help you with your Internet Explorer Problem, we just do malware removal on this one. All us forums work together so feel free to link them to this thread so they can see what we have done
http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?showforum=123
Open OTL and click on Clean Up and it will remove programs we used to clean your system along with there backups
Safe Surfn
Ken
Why dont you post here in this windows forum, they are better equiped to help you with your Internet Explorer Problem, we just do malware removal on this one. All us forums work together so feel free to link them to this thread so they can see what we have done
http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?showforum=123
Open OTL and click on Clean Up and it will remove programs we used to clean your system along with there backups
How did I get infected in the first place ?
Read these links and find out how to prevent getting infected again.- Tutorial for System Restore <-- Do this first to prevent yourself from being reinfected.
- WhattheTech
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- Dslreports
Safe Surfn
Ken
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