Am I being paranoid?

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:55 pm

Is there any kind of Trojan/spyware that manifests itself by making new Internet Explorer windows get reduced to just the top bar's dimensions? Or am I being paranoid?

Post by **system11** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:40 pm

Get adaware/whatever installed and find out.

Next step is to install Firefox, and stop using IE.

Happy days are then ahead.

OptimusPrimeX · Post by **OptimusPrimeX** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:21 am

bloodflowers wrote:Get adaware/whatever installed and find out.

Next step is to install Firefox, and stop using IE.

Happy days are then ahead.

Exactly.. get FIREFOX web browser.. its a TON safer and more reliable. IE is satan when it comes to browsers.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:04 am

I use Opera and love it. I like Firefox too, but I feel more comfortable with Opera for some reason.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:26 am

I guess you can choose between Opera, Firefox or Mozilla, and you are set. Just test all 3, and see what is more confortable to you. I do prefer Opera myself too.

I really CAN'T understand how ANYONE can still use Internet Explorer these days. It's not only unreliable, it's SLOW, it's BIG, it's CRAP.....

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:42 am

Yeess, but does such a thing exist?

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:40 pm

I think it's more like adware or simple pop ups from sites. Now if you are getting those pop ups when you visit a site that normally doesn't use them, then your system may be infected all right. Time to download Ad Aware, Spybot SD, Hijack This and CWShredder.

Boot in safe mode without networking, run those babies, repeat, install firefox. Live a happy life, raise a kid, write a book, pass on your knowledge.

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:47 am

Please. I didn't say 'I get pop-ups'. I said 'new windows I make always get resized to a minimum'. And so...

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:52 am

Ok. I am surprised your windows don't get saved the size you close them at. Run the aforementioned tools, anyway. If it's spyware or a trojan, they'll find it. It's the only way to know for sure.

Strychnine · Post by **Strychnine** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:29 pm

Shatterhand wrote:I guess you can choose between Opera, Firefox or Mozilla, and you are set. Just test all 3, and see what is more confortable to you. I do prefer Opera myself too.

I really CAN'T understand how ANYONE can still use Internet Explorer these days. It's not only unreliable, it's SLOW, it's BIG, it's CRAP.....

I prefer Opera as well. I've been giving Firefox a test run for the last couple of weeks. Things I like about it: plugins (especially translation utilities). Opera and Firefox are pretty comperable - however, Firefox is WAY more bloated than Opera - talk about memory hog. And firefox's UI is a bit more clunkly than Opera's, I have to move stuff more to get where I want to go. Ugh. Moving.

IE is especially suck because its tied into explorer.