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Old 09-08-2013, 01:48 AM
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Phantom Screen

HI,

From time to time, a phantom screen comes up on top of the screen I am currently using. I can just close it but would prefer to be able to eliminate it.
The screen happens on Opera, Firefox and Chrome and has a long url ending in "AAAAAAAA"

Any ideas on how to attack this problem?
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Old 09-08-2013, 09:45 AM
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Chris,
Sounds like you have some kind of malware.
There are many utilities around to remove these pests but
without more details of the problem it is very difficult to
make a recomendation.

Try starting with a program called Malwarebytes.
Its free to download.

See how that goes and we can take it from there.
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Old 09-08-2013, 02:47 PM
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Uh Huh, sounds like you got something lurking in there.
Another good one is McAfee Stinger, I use both at work.
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