Re: IE pops up automatically

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"SBS Rocker" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
I'm sure this is adware or some kind of intrusion. Windows XP SP2 freshly rebuilt. IE opens randomly displaying http://www.gosearching.com
How do I get rid of this and where to look. I've ran MS Windows defender and am also running SAV Virus Scan.

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