when using ie7 on occasions it would for no reason open multiple tabs upto about 49 and i couldn't close them ,i have now got ie 8 and today it did the same thing and i couldn't close them and had to restart pc ,any 1 have any ideas why ?
It's a browser hijack by some mild spyware.
Have you got any anti-spyware measures installed?
installed Spybot Search & Destroy it found 3 traces of malware c called adware-alert do you think this was the cause of my problems ,cheers1. Check the contents of your hosts file.
2. Install and run "Spybot Search & Destroy".
where would one look for host files and what do i look for cheersNot necessarily. Using SS&D is just one in a series of steps that are worth taking to eliminate the easy-to-get-rid-of causes before moving onto a more labour-intensive means of cleansing.
Have you checked the hosts file yet?
windows xpLocation depends operating system - which one are you running?
Personally I prefer Ad-Aware from Lavasoft.
i have ad-aware 2008.....but still it keeps opening multiple tabs on occasions