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I have no idea. I am an idiot when computers are the topic....I cleared my cache, I made sure my "internet Options" Security was "medium high"...and it never came back....Pop up blocker is "on" .
Computer Help Please
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the virus may still be on your computer, though, Chris which opens you up to problems later on. if you have a plan with a virus protection company (like norton or macafee or avg) then you might want to contact them and let them do a sweep. I ended up with one of those viruses a few weeks ago and even after I got great help from Doris and others I still couldn't get it all and had to have Norton help me out. Caught the virus on Skype.
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Toni, were you having the same problems like me too???
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no I had the problem Chris had with the pop ups. It was a virus.
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Toni, I contacted my virus protection and they looked at my computer. They said I didn't have a virus but he reset my IE to the default settings. He said that should help and stop all the messages.
I am computer inner working illiterate so I have no idea why he reset the IE. I asked but he said to keep the computer from those pesky messages, not his words but mine.
Can anyone explain why he reset the IE. If I'm doing something wrong I would like to know what so I won't do it anymore.
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Probably you installed something that "helpfully" reset your IE settings. What I can't say.
Or you had a malware or virus that your antivirus program removed, but it left traces in your IE options.
It's something that can happen again, of course.
Did he show you how to reset IE? If not, here's how.
From Explorer, select Tools from the top bar
Pick Internet Options from the Tools Menu (it's the last thing in the list)
Click on the Advanced Tab.
The Reset button is at the bottom of the page.
Everything will come up in IE as it did when you first switched on your computer new.
You will have to reset your home page, your search engine choice, all that stuff.
This is sometimes useful.
If you want to disable some addons that are part of the default set, you will have to disable them.
Or you had a malware or virus that your antivirus program removed, but it left traces in your IE options.
It's something that can happen again, of course.
Did he show you how to reset IE? If not, here's how.
From Explorer, select Tools from the top bar
Pick Internet Options from the Tools Menu (it's the last thing in the list)
Click on the Advanced Tab.
The Reset button is at the bottom of the page.
Everything will come up in IE as it did when you first switched on your computer new.
You will have to reset your home page, your search engine choice, all that stuff.
This is sometimes useful.
If you want to disable some addons that are part of the default set, you will have to disable them.
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No-that's something everybody does, and it doesn't change your basic settings.
Do you have an antivirus program BTW?
Do you have an antivirus program BTW?
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Yes, I have McAfee.
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Not a bad idea....I will do a Malwarebytes sweep and a full sweep with my Norton Internet Security....BTW, we should mention to the folks at home that they need an INTERNET security program. An anti virus program looks for burglars in your house after they have gotten in. An internet security program stops them at the front door. Unfortunately, not all programs do everything or catch everything....Facebook was hacked today and 2,000,000 people had some info compromised....a hospital in WA was hacked and 20,000 people had their SS numbers compromised....here is a rather interesting graphic of internet attacks...
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/a-live-map-of-ongoing-ddos-attacks
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/a-live-map-of-ongoing-ddos-attacks
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I had McAfee once remove a malware toolbar hijacker, but it did leave my IE settings changed-that could be what happened. You can check your McAfee event log to see whether it removed anything recently.
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I will do that Doris. After resetting my IE, I had a horrible couple of days, trying to get things back to the way I want them. I couldn't get into my calendars, I couldn't click on anything on my desktop but..................for right now, I'm back......I hope. Doing research and getting things back took a long time. It was mainly this site that was giving me all the problems and just LeCafe. I don't understand it but like I said I think everything is working well today.
Doris, thanks so much for all your help!!!! I think you should get a raise!!!
