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Hi I'm Dee. I'm 23 and married. I've worked in health care as well as office settings but am now a home-maker. I'm knowledgeable in a variety of subjects but don't mind doing a little research if asked about something I don't know about. Most of my friends come to me for advice. I read several advice columns and would like to help you also.

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I use maxthon as my web browser. Recently it's been acting strangely. It tries to close itself and open new tabs without me asking it to. I'm about to run a virus scan but I've never heard of a virus that does that. Does anyone have any idea what else it could be?

It might be spyware or a browser hijacker. I would suggest running a virus scan just to be sure it's not a virus. I would follow up by scanning with Ad-Aware and Spybot to check for and remove spyware. Both are free to use and pretty user-friendly. I'm giving you the links to download them if you don't already have them. Make sure to check for updates before you scan.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

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(Rating: 5) Nothing like any spyware i've seen. Thanks for the advice, i'll try it.
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