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Web browser trouble


Question Posted Friday January 13 2006, 9:32 am

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?

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mascott106 answered Saturday January 14 2006, 2:34 am:
maxthon....im not partial to it. i had it fro 4 days then got AIM explorer, then firefox. its better, tabbed browsing, special add ons, a special bar for your bookmarks. never acts strangley.

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ncblondie answered Friday January 13 2006, 3:52 pm:
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.
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