The last couple of weeks I’ve had a problem with image files. If I open a picture file, let’s say a single photo, then there are scores of other pictures attached to it (one pic per page). All these images are from the net, from websites I have visited.
This problem seems to be slowing my computer down a lot. I’ve scanned with Norton anti-virus software but they said I am clean.
Any of you tech guys have any idea what might be the problem?
Cheers
Three questions…
Sticky pages in your porn collection, eh?
HG
Irishstu wrote [quote]1. Are you opening these images in Internet Explorer?
2. Are the other images… erm… “naughty”?
3. Have you done a SPYWARE scan?[/quote]
Yes, no (honestly), and yes.
[quote=“almas john”]Irishstu wrote [quote]1. Are you opening these images in Internet Explorer?
2. Are the other images… erm… “naughty”?
3. Have you done a SPYWARE scan?[/quote]
Yes, no (honestly), and yes.[/quote]
Hmmm… I bet there’s a really simple answer to this, but I’m stumped.
How about resetting Explorer? Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Restore Defaults.
(Also “Reset Web Settings” under the “Programs” tab.)
(I’m still not ruling out some sort of Spyware)
Thanks for the advice. I’ve got to run to work but will try your suggestions.
Could it be displaying the contents of your internet cache folder ? And could it be displaying them in “filmstrip” mode ?
How exactly are you opening them ?
What do you mean by attached? That if you hit the right arrow in the picture viewer, it will go on to another pic you didn’t plan to open? (That’s normal, it will just open the next pic in the folder)
And are these pics you intentionally downloaded, or ones you’re sure you didn’t mean to download?
[quote]What do you mean by attached? That if you hit the right arrow in the picture viewer, it will go on to another pic you didn’t plan to open? (That’s normal, it will just open the next pic in the folder)
And are these pics you intentionally downloaded, or ones you’re sure you didn’t mean to download?[/quote]
OK. Let’s say you sent me a single picture of Dragonbabe. When I open it, there will be other pictures that i see when I scroll down. One pic appears in the screen at a time. These are random pics - often just banner headlines - from websites I have visited, but nothing that I have downloaded.
If you go to Tools > Internet Options and delete temporary internet files, do these pics go away?
[quote=“almas john”]OK. Let’s say you sent me a single picture of Dragonbabe. When I open it, there will be other pictures that i see when I scroll down. One pic appears in the screen at a time. These are random pics - often just banner headlines - from websites I have visited, but nothing that I have downloaded.[/quote]You don’t download it, your browser downloads it, it has to put the banners and icons somewhere, and it keeps them for the next you look at that page to save time. It sounds normal, except you’re looking at other things in the same folder. And they would be all put in the same folder.
Very sorry about that. I hope they weren’t the embarrassing ones of me in that frilly pink dress.
Yes, he’s choosing to open images directly instead of saving them somewhere first, which means Windows Picture and Fax View then opens in the temporary internet files folder.
@almas john
Whenever Internet Explorer asks you if you want to “Open” “Save” or “Cancel” a file, never choose “Open” even if you think you know what the file is, and you actually do want to open it because:
The file might be something other than what you expect, say for example a virus.
If you click “Open” IE downloads the file into the previously mentioned “temporary internet files” and then opens it. This folder, as you have seen, is just a mixture of all the files IE uses when you visit web pages and which IE usually keeps for a long time just in case you want to “Open” them again.
It’s much better to choose “Save” and save the file to a place that makes sense to you (say for example a folder inside your “My Documents” folder), IE will then give you a second chance to “Open”.
This way is better because:
You’ll know where the file is and are more likely to remember to delete it. (When was the last time you deleted those temp internet files?)
If in the future you want to open the file again you’ll know where to find it on your computer. (No, you don’t have to go to a website again to open a file you’ve already looked at on your computer)
It helps reduce the amount of clutter in the temporary internet files folder which can save you disk space and in some cases speed up web browsing.
It’s gives you a slightly better chance of realizing if a file is really a virus before you open it.
It helps protect you from identity theft or other inconvenient/embarrassing issues. (Say if your bank let’s you download your statements, if you choose “Open” then the files end up getting saved on your system just like all the images etc. that you are seeing now and stay there until you delete your temp internet files, see point 1)