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Valerie226
12-07-2004, 09:49 AM
This has happened twice & I'm not sure if I'm infected with something.
I'm typing an e-ail and all of a sudden empty windows start popping up faster than I can close them. at the bottom of each window it says "error on page". they multiply up to a high number, yesterday it was 84 and then stop. but I can't shut off the computer & I can't shut the windows. As I shut them they pop back up. Cont-alt-del won't reboot it. I need to unplug it without exiting anything.
I plug things back in & all is fine. I ran current Norton anti virus scan. I ran a current spyware scan, Lavaware. all appears OK. This has happened twice now & I don't know what to make of it. all else seems to work normally. Any ideas?

CompassRose
12-07-2004, 09:57 AM
Maybe a hijacking? I forget who -- someone posted on the Friday klatch thread about her computer being hijacked, and I bookmarked the site she referred to -- http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?

The FAQ is very good (and explained a lot about some funny tricks my laptop was getting up to before its back broke and it had to be sent away... :o )