Firefox and sometimes IE opens random websites on its own , in new windows.
I ran AVG scan and Anti Spyware as well as the Rootkit module. But even when it says my system is clean, the new windows come up in Firefox, about every two minutes. I noticed that Firefox doesn't even need to be running at first for this to occur.
AVG resident shield does find sometimes a Trojan virus in some random dll (just popped up again, it's called Trojan Vundo) and I press heal or move to vault, but that didn't fix the problem. I also ran hikackthis and tried to delete whatever I deemed unnecessary or suspect from the registry, also deleting the associated files on the hard drive.
But to no avail. My system is windows XP. Any other good free programs I can try to clean up my system? What about good cheap payware? AVG has been good until now but obviously it cannot cope with this new threat even in its most up-to-date form.
posted by spacefire
on Dec 14, 2008 -
22 answers
I'm using Firefox version 3.0.4, but a website I need to use says it can only accommodate Firefox version 2.0. Is there a simple way to do this? Can I just click a button somewhere to temporarily use an earlier version? I'm not going to replace my current version with an outdated version, and I will need to use this website into the foreseeable future.
posted by fucker
on Dec 10, 2008 -
15 answers
In Firefox, I use an addon called
Super Drag And Go to change whether or not a link opens in a new tab or a background tab. I want to have this same functionality in Thunderbird.
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posted by Solomon
on Dec 10, 2008 -
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Why is text in Firefox so damn ugly and is there anything, from a design perspective, that I can do about it? (Okay, text in FF may not be ugly, exactly, but it doesn't compare to IE, Opera, or Safari.)
I'm making a website for a friend, and he's complained that in FF the text isn't 'pretty'. Since FF is all I use, it looks great to me - but damn if he isn't right that the copy looks sharper./smoother in other browsers.
Whassup with that?
posted by zylocomotion
on Dec 9, 2008 -
7 answers
Why can't I see any flickr photos? Whether they're embedded on a website or on the Flickr site itself, for some reason I can never see flickr images. Nothing shows up - not even an empty placeholder. WHat can I be doing wrong?
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posted by stvspl
on Dec 9, 2008 -
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How can I spoof the locale configuration of Firefox 3.0 to make it think that I'm in the US instead of Japan?
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posted by Gordion Knott
on Dec 8, 2008 -
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When I type in a url into the address bar in Internet Explorer (v 6.0.29) it automatically opens up the page in Mozilla Firefox (v.5.0) - how can I force the page to just open up in Explorer? (I've scoured preferences to no avail) (Windows XP- home)
posted by mrmarley
on Dec 8, 2008 -
3 answers
Is there a Firefox extension, or Mac app that can work with what is currently on Firefox, which will export the current webpage as a PDF file that is not paginated and reproduces the screen appearance, such as what Saft's "Export PDF" feature offers for Safari?
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posted by WCityMike
on Dec 1, 2008 -
6 answers
Is it possible to control the volume of individual Windows applications (or Firefox windows/tabs?) Also, is it possible to boost the volume of (e.g.) a YouTube video?
posted by callmejay
on Nov 16, 2008 -
3 answers
How can I arrange it so that my Firefox history is automatically purged of sites of a certain domain like imdb.com or facebook.com?
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posted by sittered
on Nov 14, 2008 -
7 answers
[Firefox Filter] The latest Firefox update seems to have hosed my No Squint add on. How to repair?
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posted by mikeand1
on Nov 13, 2008 -
3 answers
If I leave a firefox window open for a long time (all day, for instance) an explorer window will pop up telling me my computer is low on memory and that I need to close firefox. When I open task manager it's consuming hundreds of MBs of memory. When I close it and reopen it, it's back down to about 75 MBs. I thought they had fixed memory leaks in a previous version. Is there any way to avoid this? (I've got 2GB RAM)
posted by Autarky
on Nov 6, 2008 -
16 answers
Firstly I am elderly,and not computer experienced..I have set Firefox as my default web browser,and yet I constantly receive messages from Firefox saying they are no longer my default. Please in simple terms could someone advise how I can set Firefox without interruption.Thank you
posted by ozred
on Nov 6, 2008 -
8 answers
Is there a Firefox addon (other than StumbleUpon) that will allow me to email a link to whatever I'm currently viewing to someone else, without opening an external email program?
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posted by Shecky
on Nov 5, 2008 -
5 answers
Why can't I listen to conference calls on Yahoo Finance? (using Mac Safari/Firefox)
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posted by b_thinky
on Oct 31, 2008 -
3 answers
I'm using Firefox 3. I'm getting popup ads when I click on text (non ads), like at Salon.com.
For example, while reading:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/23/campaign_myths/
If I click on the text, there'll be a popup ad. I have popups turned off in Firefox, but that isn't working for this particular case.
Any help?
posted by fe2dell
on Oct 23, 2008 -
5 answers
Both latest IE and Firefox are hanging. I get the following two errors in Event Viewer Application Log:
1. Application Hang
Hanging application firefox.exe, version 1.9.0.3188, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.
2. Fault bucket 943649184.
I've run chkdsk...defrag...Dell diagnostics on memory and system. Nothing is jumping out. I've even run Ccleaner, nothing fixes this issue.
My google-fu is failing me...
Any ideas?
posted by littleredwagon
on Oct 10, 2008 -
6 answers
Is there a way to password protect one application from running on Mac OS X? Ideally, I would like to keep Adium from ever running without an admin authentication being provided immediately prior to it running.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 5, 2008 -
19 answers
I need to automatically refresh a web page and be alerted via email (or run an applescript) when it changes.
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posted by tamagosan
on Oct 4, 2008 -
6 answers
I won a computer at work. I'm giving it to Mr. Mustachio tommorrow night. What are some fun freeware prorams and Firefox add-ons I can install before I give it to him?
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posted by louche mustachio
on Oct 4, 2008 -
19 answers
I want to completely, entirely remove Firefox from my Macbook. Help me do that?
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posted by Dreama
on Sep 30, 2008 -
7 answers
I love IE7's built-in RSS/feed reader. I hate, hate, hate IE7's slowness and general, overal crapiness. I would love to use FireFox, but I want the same kind of RSS reader functionality. Is there is a plugin or extension for Firefox that exists and works just like IE7's RSS reader?
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posted by karizma
on Sep 29, 2008 -
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i'm looking for a firefox extension that, when i highlight an in-text link (ex: http://www.google.com - one that is not hyper-linked) and drag it to the side, the link opens in a new tab. i don't want to have to drag it to the tab bar or a new tab button. i used to have an extension that allowed me to do this several versions of firefox ago, but i just can't seem to find it anymore. any thoughts?
posted by anthropomorphic
on Sep 26, 2008 -
9 answers
Fedora 9/Firefox Filter: So....Im trying to lock down the setting in firefox so that other users on the system cant change them. I cant find jack on how to do this. Help! Actually i did find something and it said to modify the firefox.cfg only problem is there is no firefox.cfg. Please help!
posted by flipmiester99
on Sep 26, 2008 -
2 answers
I'm currently traveling in Germany (I live in the US) and would like to know how I can force my browser (firefox) to *not* display localized versions of websites like google or myspace. My main issue is with google. I have to keep going to google.com and selecting "Google.com in English" to be able to type things into the search bar in firefox without getting German websites. Is there some sort of about:config option, greasemonkey script or something I can use to make sure sites don't redirect to their localized version?
posted by pontouf
on Sep 20, 2008 -
13 answers
I can't watch the Daily Show or listen to the BBC iPlayer any more in Firefox- what the heck have I done? Please help me avoid using IE.
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posted by Gratishades
on Sep 19, 2008 -
4 answers
Why are headlines on a number of websites appearing only as outlines ever since I downloaded Firefox 3?
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posted by puffl
on Sep 10, 2008 -
6 answers
Firefox brings me back to any website's login screen, ad infinitum. Help me make it stop.
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posted by cocoagirl
on Sep 9, 2008 -
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data.kluge.filter -- I have many, many Firefox bookmarks. I'd really like to switch my bookmarking system to Zotero, which seems much more powerful. Have you already solved this? Can you figure out a chain of format conversions that will get me from point FF to point Z?
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posted by pluckemin
on Sep 6, 2008 -
5 answers
Is there a guide to the anticipated differences between IE and Firefox when coding a website?
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posted by GilloD
on Aug 25, 2008 -
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FirefoxFilter: On certain sites, Firefox (for Vista) displays an accented lowercase i instead of an apostrophe. The HTML for the sites in question calls for UTF-8 encoding, which is what Firefox says it's using. Why is this happening?
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posted by phaded
on Aug 8, 2008 -
7 answers
Conditional search engine selection in Firefox search box based on contents (in particular, character set) of the search query?
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posted by qvtqht
on Aug 7, 2008 -
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