Every once in a while, an alert window will pop up like a JavaScript confirmation box. It says that the script running "on this page" might cause my computer to run slowly and do I want to continue running the script.
Thing is - I don't have any web browsers open. There are three other accounts on my computer, only one is logged-in but that other account doesn't have any web browsers open either.
I'm not running an active desktop or anything which runs scripting as far as I know. CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't show any programs using more than 2% at a time, and I know all the programs which are running.
This started about a month ago, maybe a bit longer. The new software I've installed is:
OpenOffice
Yahoo Widgets
Yahoo Messenger (which is totally shut down when i'm not using it)
Any ideas? Could it be a trojan? I'm running Norton Internet Security 2007 with the latest updates and they haven't fouind a thing. Could it be spyware? Adware?
2007-10-07 07:34:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Norton isn't any good,very few people use it any more.
Better,(much better),and Free is avg anti-virus.
"The Very Best" is nod32.They are the record holder for anti-virus.
You should be using Mozilla for a browser. One of their extensions is "No Script" works excellent!
Avg is free,Mozilla is free,and no script is free
2007-10-07 07:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best guess, your PC is infected.
Norton has a horrible track record for 1st day malware. Try an online Virus scanner, like House Call, Panda or F-Secure. Google for them.
If they find the culprit, un-install Norton and switch to Kaspersky, NOD 32 or AVG. Google for them, too.
2007-10-07 14:40:49 · answer #2 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With my huge knowlege on computers i would guess it is Yahoo Widgets but not sure, but i will tell you Norton sucks big time! I switched to Kaspersky and found a whole load of infected files and a worm that norton missed! Good Luck!
2007-10-09 19:48:03 · answer #3 · answered by ScorpionK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u see it could be yahoo widgets because u might have a widget which is trying to open a page with contains javascript try turning off yahoo widgets and see what happens.
2007-10-07 14:39:39 · answer #4 · answered by Vijay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋