# AARGH! What the hell is going on with my computer?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 7, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aargh-what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-my-computer/228044 "2004-02-07T22:53:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aargh-what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-my-computer/228044/1 "2004-02-07T22:53:30Z")

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It all started when I decided to go online today. I have Internet Explorer, and my HOme Page is usually [MSN.com](http://MSN.com). But when I opened IE, I had a home page that told me my IP address, made my CD drive open and opened one of my files from my own computer. I restarted the computer, and went back online. When I went to [the0underdogs.org](http://the0underdogs.org) and read descriptions of games, there were links that when moused over, gave me offers to things on ebay and other places. Then, when I click osmething once, it ends up clicking it about a milion times in a row, and certain keys on my keyboard don’t work. What can I do? Do I have Spyware on this machine? ARGH!

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aargh-what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-my-computer/228044/2 "2004-02-07T22:56:33Z")

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> [@StanDup](#):
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> Do I have Spyware on this machine? ARGH!

Yeppers. Download adaware and spybot search and destroy, and run them both.

Should fix the problemo.

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**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aargh-what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-my-computer/228044/3 "2004-02-08T02:15:52Z")

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I had that CD drive open thingie on my son’s computer last week. If these windows are also difficult to close, you probably have something called JS/Noclose. My son also had a couple other things going on, but I think the real culprit is JS/Noclose.

Unfortunately, neither spybot nor adaware will find it. Neither will Norton. Norton knows about it but claims that although it is annoying, it is not a threat and a “voluntary download” with free applications like Kazaa.

I ended up buying McAfee Virus Scan to clean his system. I’m $60 poorer, but his system is working.

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**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aargh-what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-my-computer/228044/4 "2004-02-08T11:54:23Z")

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Try cleantray ([www.killersoftware.com](http://www.killersoftware.com)) and check what apps you have running at startup, then delete them and the commands. Should fix it right up. Make sure you get the right commands though.