Do I have a problem ???

ksukat · Jun 1, 2007

I have an older machine running windows 2000 pro. In addition, it is not running current version of IE due to machine age.

machine is running Symantec anti-virus with current def. Machine sits behind a hardware firewall.

User clicked on a link and had the shutdown a bunch of windows that popped up.

Started in Safemode, ran a full anti-virus scan. Came up clean. Ran adaware with current defs, found a bunch of stuff and removed it. Ran it again and it came up clean.

Problem:
If the user opens "My Computer" clicks on view->explorer bar -> history, it shows webpages that haven't been visited. Manually delete the history (from windows folder), and it will fill back up again. Right before your eyes.

I launched task manager and saw a process start 3759916.exe, about the time I was going to click on it, it disappeared. On the next reboot, I saw somthing similar, only the number was different.

anybody think I am infected with something ?

TimW · Jun 1, 2007

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