Boo Hoo, scanned to no avail...

HydraHeaded · 08-04-2008, 12:13 PM

Hi,

Since the past few days, Internet Explorer used to start up on its own, automatically. I rarely use it; I use Firefox. In the end, I just uninstalled Internet Explorer. Now a small window comes up, asking whether I want to connect or stay offline. Zone Alarm gives a regular message of spy-site blocking, this is the full message:

Blocked site name 89.188.16.50/css4.dll?sid=FC545C5B4F080F0F000D54585C5B585E5E4F1 F545B365C365836085B51363A0C1B1F000A0C4939080A02495 B4F0A000D54595D2B2D5A5F5F2C515A5A2C5D5B2D5C505C2A5 A5B2D2D5B2D5E2B5B5B2D5C2B4F081D545E5A5F5C2F282B595 95A5E5858582D2D502A5C51585C5B585E5E2A2F2F2F2F

I have got Zone Alarm; BitDefender; SpywareDoctor, Spybot Search & Destroy; I have already scanned with everything except the antivirus. Spyware Doctor gave three infections, but said that it was not able to clean one. Zone Alarm gave one infection, and cleaned it. But the problem is still there!

So exactly what has got into my computer? And how is it possible, after all these softwares standing in between?

Thanx for the help.

imageek · 08-04-2008, 09:30 PM

thats some spyware trying to open some website ..that is y IE starts on its own

check your startup...find the odd entry out...remove it (may b the entry or the file)

You can also rename the file from its location and confirm..

And the reason IE pops up and not firefox ,is coz your default browser is set as IE and not FF