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RE: malware or virus (or both)
June 14, 2015 at 12:18 am
(June 12, 2015 at 1:50 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I missed that. Yes, get a new browser. IE is about the worst browser out there. I like Firefox, but Google Chrome is good too.

No it's not.  The new versions of IE are good.

The problem in this case is that the person has malware on their computer, and has to get rid of it.  In these cases, almost 100% of the time, all the installed browsers are likely to have issues: wrong default page, false redirects, etc.
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malware or virus (or both)

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malware or virus (or both) - by paulpablo - June 12, 2015 at 9:39 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Jackalope - June 12, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by abaris - June 12, 2015 at 9:47 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Chad32 - June 12, 2015 at 10:13 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by vorlon13 - June 12, 2015 at 10:30 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by downbeatplumb - June 12, 2015 at 11:03 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by paulpablo - June 12, 2015 at 1:00 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by downbeatplumb - June 12, 2015 at 1:06 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Jackalope - June 12, 2015 at 1:17 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Minimalist - June 12, 2015 at 1:15 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by LastPoet - June 12, 2015 at 1:48 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by paulpablo - June 13, 2015 at 8:38 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Chad32 - June 12, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 12:18 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Minimalist - June 12, 2015 at 2:13 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Jackalope - June 12, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Longhorn - June 12, 2015 at 2:43 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by ignoramus - June 12, 2015 at 9:15 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Thumpalumpacus - June 13, 2015 at 2:37 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by LastPoet - June 13, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 12:19 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by I_am_not_mafia - June 13, 2015 at 9:12 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by ignoramus - June 14, 2015 at 3:11 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 4:23 am

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