I would first see what programs are in the add remove program folder.  You
may have accidentially installed junk. If nothing is there that needs
removing, remove McAffee and its associates.  I have better luck with
Norton.
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Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Question for the group...


> Help!  Recently, I bought a new Dell computer.  It came with McAfee
already
> installed on it.  I recently downloaded two free trial programs that come
with
> it...their firewall and something called Privacy.  It seems like ever
since I
> did that, when I boot up, Internet Explorer automatically opens a screen
> called PCSecurity???.com and if you click off the "X" to get rid of it, it
starts
> opening like 20 IE screens one after another almost simultaneously so fast
that
> it locks up my system.  Sometimes, I'll find a notice at the bottom of my
> screen that says the screens are in an IE group.  I try to right click the
group
> and delete it that way, but it doesn't work usually, and then when I bring
up
> the task manager and try to close it that way, a whole bunch of "end
program"
> signs show up on the bottom.  Then I have to delete each one by hand, if I
can
> even get that far.  My question is this.  How do I go about stopping IE
from
> opening up automatically like that?  (I use AOL).  Is there a way to find
the
> "culprit" that is causing this and delete it?  If not, do you suggest I do
a
> restore point to get rid of it?  I have since deleted the Privacy feature
since
> it hung up my computer so bad before showing up it just annoyed me anyway.
I
> have kept the firewall beause I like that feature, but if that's what's
> causing it to do that, then I'll get rid of that too.  It is possible that
this
> happened unrelated to the McAfee software installation.  We did alot of
> downloading before I installed the firewall and this might have gotten
onto my system
> before I installed the firewall and realized how many cookies were being
sent
> to my machine without my knowledge!  Any help would be greatly
appreciated!
>
> Donna Olson
>
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