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Is the McAfee application a freebie from your ISP or have you purchased it?
Was the Norton application a freebie from your ISP or had you purchased it?
What anti-virus application was installed when you got this "pendrive virus
infection last year" and how have you determined that the computer's been
cleaned-up? (Sounds like it's still infected.)
guest911 wrote:
> Thanks for replying.
>
> I had norton AV when i upgraded to IE 7. Then last year i switched to
> mcafee
> 2009. I'm not so sure what AV i had when I installed SP3.
>
> I can't recall when the issue started, but it was definetely working when
> i
> upgraded to IE 7 for some time. I don't know if it was a norton AV update,
> the switch to mcafee, a virus (had a pendrive virus infection last year,
> solved), etc.
>
> By the way, my surf with IE is flawless, the add-ons are enabled. I just
> can't see the tab to modify them.
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PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> Defender)?
> What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications
> running
> in the background when you installed IE7 and/or SP3?
>
> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> bought
> it)?
>
> guest911 wrote:
>> i've got a problem with my internet explorer 7. I'm trying to access the
>> add-ons tab but it just won't appear, no matter i try to do it through
>> IE7
>> --> Tools, or Control Panel --> Internet options --> Programs. When i
>> click
>> the add-ons tb in any of those it doesn't open up.
>>
>> I'm currently using win xp sp3. Thank you.