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New build has a big hole somewhere

AnandTech Forums: Technology, Hardware, Software, and Deals [Un… April 2, 2026
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New build -- Windows 8.1. ESET Smart Security, Your Uninstaller, Malwarebytes and CCleaner installed. When I checked installed programs found an entry for Idlecrawler. Before trying to uninstall went on net with another machine to read up on what had gotten in. The recommendation was to let Malwarebytes uninstall it since it was reputed to work well. Did that and now roughly every two seconds a box pops up in the lower right corner showing that Malwarebytes has prevented an outgoing call to mod.idlecrawler.com 195.66.79.157 Did a CCleaner cleanup -- no change. Had ESET do a deep scan, didn't find Idlecrawler. Computer is essentially useless with the incessant popups. Since it is a new build, I could just reformat and build it up again, but there is an indication there is a hole to the net that I do not know about. With no action on my part, Google Chrome has been installed and the Google toolbar has replaced the Internet Explorer toolbar. Since I don't know how any of... Read more

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