From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: May 8, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: IE problems and general slowness
>
> Leo,
> My computer is going through something wierd right
> now, and I\'m not sure what it is. What happens is, when you
> double click Internet Explorer, it\'ll put up the hour glass
> thing and after a few seconds quit when it was supposed to
> set up a new internet explorer. Realplayer internet works
> just fine, in fact, I\'m using it right now. My computer is
> also slower than normal, but not by very much. Every once in
> a while, the desktop is covered with an internet site called
> \"Security\" in the Web part of the desktop properties, and
> all that is displayed on this is an entirely white screen
> that turns entirely gray every five or ten seconds, and
> reverts back to white in another five or ten seconds. Do you
> know what this is? I\'ve gotten rid of pretty much any
> spyware on there, and I don\'t see any apparent hijackers. I
> haven\'t been able to check with Norton because someone got
> rid of it, but this doesn\'t seem like viruses to me.
It certainly "smells" like spyware to me. I'd make sure to run
a different anti-spyware program or two. More here:
http://ask-leo.com/spyware_how_do_i_remove_and_avoid_spyware.html
Assuming you're running Windows XP, the system file checker
might also be a good idea:
http://ask-leo.com/what_is_the_system_file_checker_and_how_do_i_run_it.html
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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