I had a strange incident that I wonder if anyone can help with.
I was using my laptop last night and the dreaded internet explorer cannot display this page appeared whilst surfing and continued to come up when trying to open a new window.
I got up this morning and I could now get on google but most of my favourite sites it wouldn't let me get into when clicking on them in google including fabs but I could get on BBC sport and my email account.
I clicked on the google result for fab and nothing happened.
I went to my anti virus programme and it found 50 or so cookies that I cleaned out and shut down and started up laptop and for now I can get back on the sites it wasn't recognising earlier.
Surely a few cookies in the register didn't cause this.
What is going on ?
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over a year ago
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Had all this myself in the last week ... Norton was not doing it work very well .. now have another virus programme working too ... its helped I was getting loads of different things coming on and playing up my laptop. |
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"it may be your ispn has listed fab as an over 18 site and you may have to prove your age?"
It wasn't that as it didn't allow me into other sites I use that aren't 18+.
It also didn't allow me into googled questions regarding corrupt browsers.
This was happening on internet explorer and exactly the same happened when trying to enter favourite sites on my chrome browser also ?  |
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it does sound like an ispn problem tho, avast should be ok but it does miss alot of problems, mse is the best free anti virus, we have used it for ages, that and ccleaner to get rid of the crap and no problems.
try ccleaner and do a registry scan |
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over a year ago
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"sounds odd, what anti virus?
Avast. Had it for several years."
change it maybe . Run one along side maybe a free one , I was told of some on a post I did about this last week . Really helped. |
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"I think your first problem is that you're using Internet explorer.
I would start by downloading Firefox or chrome. "
I have chrome as well and I opened it in a new window and exactly the same as with explorer as most of my usual sites the browser wasn't letting me enter.
If it is/was a virus surely cleaning out 50 cookies and restaring my laptop wouldn't have solved it ? |
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over a year ago
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Weird stuff just happens with computers.
It isn't out of the question that the cookies had gotten corrupt for some unknown reason (maybe the browser crashed with those tabs open or something?) as I've seen/experienced similar.
As long as you fixed it, I wouldn't worry about something like that. |
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Sounds like spyware or malware to me ! Download Super Anti spyware or Malware bytes and do a full scan with that.
Also if you have 2 anti virus running they will conflict with each other and cause all sorts of problems, especially Norton its chronically slow and really slows down your PC/Laptop.
Do a thorough spyware/malware sweep and also TDSS rootkit killer is worth running ?
All the above are free and should solve your problem ??   |
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"Sounds like spyware or malware to me ! Download Super Anti spyware or Malware bytes and do a full scan with that.
Also if you have 2 anti virus running they will conflict with each other and cause all sorts of problems, especially Norton its chronically slow and really slows down your PC/Laptop.
Do a thorough spyware/malware sweep and also TDSS rootkit killer is worth running ?
All the above are free and should solve your problem ?? "
Shouldn't my avast pick up the spyware/malware ? |
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"Weird stuff just happens with computers.
It isn't out of the question that the cookies had gotten corrupt for some unknown reason (maybe the browser crashed with those tabs open or something?) as I've seen/experienced similar.
As long as you fixed it, I wouldn't worry about something like that."
Thank you my friend.
I'm just concerned that it is something now present within my laptop and it shall reemerge preventing me entering my favourite sites.  |
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"Sounds like spyware or malware to me ! Download Super Anti spyware or Malware bytes and do a full scan with that.
Also if you have 2 anti virus running they will conflict with each other and cause all sorts of problems, especially Norton its chronically slow and really slows down your PC/Laptop.
Do a thorough spyware/malware sweep and also TDSS rootkit killer is worth running ?
All the above are free and should solve your problem ??
Shouldn't my avast pick up the spyware/malware ? "
it really isnt the best, so while is should it maybe it hasnt |
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"Weird stuff just happens with computers.
It isn't out of the question that the cookies had gotten corrupt for some unknown reason (maybe the browser crashed with those tabs open or something?) as I've seen/experienced similar.
As long as you fixed it, I wouldn't worry about something like that.
Thank you my friend.
I'm just concerned that it is something now present within my laptop and it shall reemerge preventing me entering my favourite sites. "
Anti virus wont always pick up spyware or malware so advise you download and scan as even if the problem seems solved the cul[prit could still be sitting in your registry or system files awaiting a return lol |
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"Weird stuff just happens with computers.
It isn't out of the question that the cookies had gotten corrupt for some unknown reason (maybe the browser crashed with those tabs open or something?) as I've seen/experienced similar.
As long as you fixed it, I wouldn't worry about something like that.
Thank you my friend.
I'm just concerned that it is something now present within my laptop and it shall reemerge preventing me entering my favourite sites.
Anti virus wont always pick up spyware or malware so advise you download and scan as even if the problem seems solved the cul[prit could still be sitting in your registry or system files awaiting a return lol "
suffered similar on my old machine with avast. a techy mate of mine recommended the following to me
bin avast
get avg internet security, you can get a free trial from their website.
once loaded carryout a rootkit scan, you can download it from this site http://www.gmer.net/#files run it and it will either carryout a quick or detailed scan of your files.
I have run this every month for the last 10 months and I have not had a single attack or problem and I run IE10 which is not the best. hope this helps, if you aint sure about anything ask a 12 year old they usually know the answer lol |
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