Will do, Bill. Hopefully, they'll tell me how to get rid of it.
Dr. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill White via Jfw Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 8:19 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Bill White Subject: Re: Internet Explorer Issue Hi, Tom. Here is what I found on Google. There is, indeed a miniclip virus. Go to the following link to read about it. http://www.tweakmysystem.com/fixerror-exe/miniclip.exe.html Bill White [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Behler via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> Cc: "Tom Behler" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:51 PM Subject: 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 > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201505 26/8de569d8/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 11690 (20150526) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 11690 (20150526) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
