G Guest Feb 1, 2004 #1 Wen IE 6 opens the address bar shows C:/Shell and prompts for a user name and password > what is going on ? Anyone know ? Thanks, Charlie
Wen IE 6 opens the address bar shows C:/Shell and prompts for a user name and password > what is going on ? Anyone know ? Thanks, Charlie
H H Leboeuf Feb 2, 2004 #2 Run MSCONFIG from the start/run applet Look under StartUp tab and see if you can find any unwanted applications. Select "What's running at Startup?" on this page for for links to help in your search. http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/startup.htm If all fails. Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below): http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try: http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log") Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button] Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt") Next, go to the below location: http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message. HijackThis Quick Start Help http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file. http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html charlie said: Wen IE 6 opens the address bar shows C:/Shell and prompts for a user name Click to expand... and password > what is going on ? Anyone know ? Thanks, Charlie
Run MSCONFIG from the start/run applet Look under StartUp tab and see if you can find any unwanted applications. Select "What's running at Startup?" on this page for for links to help in your search. http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/startup.htm If all fails. Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below): http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try: http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log") Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button] Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt") Next, go to the below location: http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message. HijackThis Quick Start Help http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file. http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html charlie said: Wen IE 6 opens the address bar shows C:/Shell and prompts for a user name Click to expand... and password > what is going on ? Anyone know ? Thanks, Charlie
