Why does an Internet Explorer Security Alert box (Adobe Flash Player) keep popping up every few seconds?? ARGHHHH!

[NorbertDentressangle]

Box popping up every few seconds at times. It says:

"A website wants to open web content using this program" and then lists it as Adobe Flash Player.

No matter whether you click allow/don't allow/never show me this box again it still reappears.

Not sure if its connected but we had no TalkTalk Phone line or internet connection earlier today.

Please help (in simple terms please as I'm not entirely IT literate ) before I chuck this %$£&!^ lap- out of the window

[NorbertDentressangle]

please.....anyone

[NorbertDentressangle]

pathetic bump

(theres no school today as we're snowed in -I can't survive a day at home with a laptop that keeps doing this!)

[CandleQueen]

No idea. But i'll bump again!

Could you shut it down and restart it?

[CherryChoc]

I think it is probably an advert on the page setting it off.

Have you tried running a virus scan?

[CherryChoc]

Oh or the simple solution - download Firefox ;)

[NorbertDentressangle]

Have tried:

-shutting down and resarting -no joy

-virus scan -no joy

-it does it as soon as you click on Internet Explorere so doesn't appear to be linked to any particular site/ad

-tried installing Adobe Flash Player /uninstalling it -no joy

the box still pops up twice for virtually every page I click on

[Lionstar]

Maybe try some of the ideas here

Or [[http://www.windowsvistaplace.com/vista-how-to-reset-ie-security-warning-a-website-wants-to-open-we b-content-using-this-program-on-your-computer-to-default/othersoftware/ here] (if using Vista)

[Lionstar]

last link

[NorbertDentressangle]

thanks lionstar -I'll take a look at that later (or more than likely get DP to take a look )