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Hi Moderators.

I am fairly new to computers. I have also written to this forum on one occasion with respect to the Zlob Virus. I was successfull in removing the same.

I have recently noticed that when moving from one website to the next, the site page sought comes up minimized and I have to manually maximize the same. This seems to me to be really unusual and I suspect there may be a virus in the system.

Despite running Avast Home, Lavasoft Adaware Home, a squared On line Scanner, Trend Micro House Call On line Scanner and Xoftspy I can’t seem to detect any form of malware or virus. Further, at the time of writing I have found that the my I.E toolbar changed in that the order links in my favorites were configured has changed.

I shall be gratefull if you and/or members of the forum can advise. Your comments and/or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

I run Windows XP Pro S.P.2 and my system information are as follows: -

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SMARTY
System Manufacturer ECS
System Model M825VXX
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1200 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T, 4/2/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = “5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)”
User Name SMARTY\Administrator
Time Zone SA Western Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 384.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 122.22 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.30 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Thanking you in advance for your kind consideration.

Standeb.

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Do you use any Registry Cleaner?

I can only add SpyBot and ewido (www.ewido.net)…
Do you use a firewall?

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Hi. Tech,

Thank you foryour return thread. I use C. Cleaner for registry cleaning purposes.

After posting I Downloaded Mc Afee Stinger and ran a scan. Nothing came up. I shall try Ewido and spybot which I am familar with and revert the results to you. Meanwhile IE toolbar changed again after I reset it and locked the toolbars.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Standeb.

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I think no problems… some registry cleaners could delete menu and toolbars icon order, etc. It was just a guess.