Re: Explorer activated

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"Sam Hobbs" <samuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:



You don't explain why you suspect it is Automatic Updates. Do you know
for sure it is Automatic Updates or do you have an indication it is or
is that a total guess?

I didn't say I suspected anything. I merely tried to get ahead of someone
telling me I should check automatic updates.

If you suspect it is Automatic Updates then why
do you say "Some website tried to run it recently and I refused it.?"

I said, "Some website tried to run it recently and I refused it.?",
because it happened and was about the same software.

What is "it"?

Internet Explorer.

If you suspect it is Automatic Updates then

See above.

why do you say "Could a website change the IE settings?"?

Because I want to know if a website could change the IE settings and cause
the described problem.

If you want help, then it would help to describe the problem more
clearly.

I've told you what I've seen. IE suddenly started popping up, wanting on
the internet. If I told you more I'd be making it up.



<inkleputDEL@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:476a8ff5$1$vaxyrchg$mr2ice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suddenly, for the last couple days, Internet Explorer, which I don't use,
has started asking, several times a day, to get on the internet.
Fortunately my firewall catches it. Some website tried to run it recently
and I refused it. Could a website change the IE settings?

In ControlPanel -> Automatic Updates I have "Turn off automatic updates"
checked.

How can I stop this tomfoolery? (Long list of expletives deleted.)

JimL

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JimL

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