need help please :)

[Sizmasta]

So here's the deal.... I bought a new notebook about 3 months ago with windows 7. I never use IE for a browser, always use firefox. I have never had any problems until today. My 3 year old daughter got a hold of my computer and hit some buttons. When I took it back from her, IE was on the screen with "page cannot be found". So I just closed it and continued to use firefox. That was yesterday, now today nothing was open, no programs or anything. Then all of the sudden IE opens every so often for no reason and displays spam pages like;

hxxp://www.freewarefiles.com/Risingware-Exp-Free-Edition_program_45605.html

hxxp://www.skill2thrill.com/pages/Default.aspx?lan=CA-EN&tid=140_OpticalIQ2&clickid=004uAFe4QtZp0rxgU91JMrN1VV000000&subid=9177&affiliateid=AM&pid=3442&ce_cid=004uAFe4QtZp0rxgU91JMrN1VV000000

hxxp://onlydealsonline.com/paid_to_type_walker/

hxxp://www.emusic.com/promo/audiobooksb/index.html?fref=900022&a.1=SubID&a.2=HitID&a.3=CID&a.4=SubID1&v.1=382263&v.2=856800039&v.3=123&v.4=

I'm usually pretty good at fixing computer problems, but I'm not sure how to fix this one..... any advice would be greatly appreciated :thumbsup:

[sunny1000]

So here's the deal.... I bought a new notebook about 3 months ago with windows 7. I never use IE for a browser, always use firefox. I have never had any problems until today. My 3 year old daughter got a hold of my computer and hit some buttons. When I took it back from her, IE was on the screen with "page cannot be found". So I just closed it and continued to use firefox. That was yesterday, now today nothing was open, no programs or anything. Then all of the sudden IE opens every so often for no reason and displays spam pages like;

hxxp://www.freewarefiles.com/Risingware-Exp-Free-Edition_program_45605.html

hxxp://www.skill2thrill.com/pages/Default.aspx?lan=CA-EN&tid=140_OpticalIQ2&clickid=004uAFe4QtZp0rxgU91JMrN1VV000000&subid=9177&affiliateid=AM&pid=3442&ce_cid=004uAFe4QtZp0rxgU91JMrN1VV000000

hxxp://onlydealsonline.com/paid_to_type_walker/

hxxp://www.emusic.com/promo/audiobooksb/index.html?fref=900022&a.1=SubID&a.2=HitID&a.3=CID&a.4=SubID1&v.1=382263&v.2=856800039&v.3=123&v.4=

I'm usually pretty good at fixing computer problems, but I'm not sure how to fix this one..... any advice would be greatly appreciated :thumbsup:

Why don't you try to use the system restore to an earlier time so you get it just like you had it before two days just in case if changes happened it could be fixed based on what it was two days before.

[Sizmasta]

Why don't you try to use the system restore to an earlier time so you get it just like you had it before two days just in case if changes happened it could be fixed based on what it was two days before.

Thanx for the recommendation..... been running now for over an hour with no pop ups:thumbsup:

:cheers2:

[seawulf71]

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