Bobbindy

For the past 3 days AOL has been loading when no one is at the computer. We can shut it down and it comes back up. I have run a full scan to check for virus' and have gone to AOL Settings and clicked "no" on all the items there. It's still happening today. Any ideas where I can disable this, it's just irritating if I'm in the middle of working on a spreadsheet and AOL pops up.

Thanks in advance.

wmorri

Welcome to TSF!!

Hi,

I would recommend that you do a check for spyware or adware too. There might be other things on your computer than just viruses that are causing the problem. I would recommend that you take a look at this as well PC Safety and Security--What do I need

Cheers!

Bobbindy

Thanks ever so much for your time and info. I finally have had time to go through all the tips and did do the Microsoft updates which I didn't get earlier and I did the Snoop thingy. So, lets see if all this helps, I know it can't hurt.

I'm glad I found you all and have a place to go to for help.

wmorri

Hi,

Let us know what you find out after you are all done following the steps. I am interested to see what the results are.

Cheers!

Bobbindy

Hi Everyone:

I did what was suggested on the PC Security site and ended up getting more Microsoft updates, which weren't there the week before when I updated. I also did another full scan of everything I had for protection. That night, I was still having AOL load. However, I guess it was due to the fact that I needed to reboot for everything to take hold, the next day and every day since, NO AOL. I'm a happy camper.

I ruled out everything I hadn't done and did what I had to do.

So THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU!!!

You are SO appreciated.

wmorri

Hi,

Great to hear that you have fixed your own problems. Please mark this thread as solved in the thread tools in the top right of the page. This will help us to know that we can move on to other threads. Please stick around and help out when you can too.

Cheers!