internet explorer loads tons of windows on its own

before_hollywood

hi all bit confused to be honest.........

was on facebook a few minutes ago and closed the window, next thing i know my laptop has a fit and starts loading window after window of facebook, as fast as i can close them its opening loads more :eek:

its done it about 3 times in a week, any ideas?

marleyboy

It seems everyone with IE is having the same issue, Im having no problem with firefox, try running that.

marleyboy

OK try this

There are 2 things that you need to look for:
1) Control Center - REMOVE THIS FROM YOUR SYSTEM
2) Add the URL to your Restricted Sites -
To do this, go into IE --> Tools Menu --> Internet Options --> Select the "Security" Tab --> Click on "Resticted Sites" --> Click on the "Sites" button --> enter the "http://media.defautimg.com" URL --> Click Add...

This should help ---> Doesn't necessarily fix the problem, but at least hides it.

The_Grandmaster

Maybe a malware or something infecting your computer. What is the page which loads? (names rather than links please!)

Probably best to download malwarebytes and then perform a hijack this scan.

Below is the instructions which alienRIK gives out and would probably be advisable:

ownload MALWAREBYTES (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ma..._anti_malware/
Open malwarebytes and goto UPDATE and click 'check for updates'. After its updated goto SCANNER and click PERFORM FULL SCAN then click SCAN
Remove everything thats found (needs to be ticked)
Post the COMPLETE log here AFTER youve deleted everything it finds

reboot

Download HIJACK THIS (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD THIS VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/2894/
Click MAIN MENU then DO A SYSTEM SCAN AND SAVE A LOGFILE(Takes seconds) then post the log so we can see whats running
(do NOT do anything else with Hijack but scan and post the FULL log)

JasX

Googling I can;t find any reference to 'everyone' having this problem,

Are you fully patched with tindows updated, using the latest version of your browser available?

Either way you should follow the virus scanning/removal/malwarebytes instructions above, and make sure you have a decent antivirus installed (ie not some useless junk like AVG, McAfee or Norton)