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Message keeps popping up saying clearing history even though it isn't!

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For the past few days I keep getting a message pop up saying my browsing history is being cleared please wait even though it isn't! and I also don't want it to clear. Around the same time I get the following error message 78p8t3ql.exe ( I think after this it says something like it isn't responding, I can't quite remember at the minute.I have run a malware programme which finds nothing, and have a antivirus programme running

For the past few days I keep getting a message pop up saying my browsing history is being cleared please wait even though it isn't! and I also don't want it to clear. Around the same time I get the following error message 78p8t3ql.exe ( I think after this it says something like it isn't responding, I can't quite remember at the minute.I have run a malware programme which finds nothing, and have a antivirus programme running

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Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs. You need to use all programs because each detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.

See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website

If you can't fix it with the above listed scanners then you need to ask advise on one of the forums that specialize in malware removal mentioned in the Popups_not_blocked article.