Seems like malware to me.

Andy


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From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:51 PM
To: Jaws users list
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [JAWS-Users] Internet Explorer Issue

Hello, everyone.

 

As you may remember, I have been having major issues recently with my
home Windows 7 desktop PC becoming sluggish, and slowing down to the
point that it has basically become unusable with Jaws.

 

I originally thought the problem was with Outlook 2010, and, although I
think that still might be a significant part of the issue, another
problem has re-surfaced that actually may be more noteworthy.

 

The problem initially occurred several weeks ago, and I thought it had
been taken care of by our local computer repair shop in my town, but,
alas, I was wrong.

 

My problem is that I can be in the middle of an application, and little
audio clips appear, and start playing from out of nowhere.

 

The strange thing is that this happens when I'm  not even in Internet
Explorer.

 

If I go into the Windows task manager, and look at programs running, a
version of IE is running even though I haven't opened it, and there are
web sites that periodically come up that  I have never  visited.  One
example that I can remember is called miniclip, which I believe is a
games web site.

 

My gut instinct suggests that this is a virus of some sort, but both I,
and the techs at our local computer shop, haven't been able to find  it.

 

Today, an individual on the blind hams e-mail list of which I am a
member described this exact same problem, but has not come up with a
definite solution yet.

 

I'm thinking of totally uninstalling, and then re-installing Internet
Explorer to see if this fixes things, but am a bit hesitant to take this
step since all my internet cookies and other settings would be wiped out
in the process.

 

For the record, the computer in question  is a 64-bit Windows 7 PC with
Internet Explorer 11 and Jaws 14.

 

Any thoughts or experiences from others on list with regard to this
issue would be appreciated.

 

Thanks for your patience as I try to sort things out here.

 

Dr.  Tom Behler from Michigan

 

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