Solved Sites listed in IE New Tab as visited when not really visited them

PB_AZ

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Any help is appreciated from the forum administrators to remove this issue.

The IE new tab shows the list of the websites visited (but not really)... but there is no pop-up of those websites actually on my display... so it seems something is happening in the background.

Additionally McAfee also keep blocking all these Risky Connections. Most of the IP addresses are in Asia - China (mainly) and some from South Korea and Japan.

I tried to check if any program was installed under the control panel but didn't find any.
The Add-ons for IE also doesn't show any malicious entry.
Mcafee full scan don't show anything infected.
 

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PB_AZ

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Hello TwinHeadEagle,
I ran the Zoey as told. attached is the report from the zoey scan.
I also got the error while running the zoey scan... see the screenshot of the error message.
 

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We need to run one more Zoek fix:

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PB_AZ

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attached is the zoek-results from the above run
 

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PB_AZ

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I have not noticed any more McAfee blocking Risky connections.
But on IE I can still see in the history that a lot numbers of websites are being visited.
 

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PB_AZ

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No I cleared my tabs
I can see them getting visited in the IE history window -- view by order visited today and I can see a long list of websites not visited by me and are listed there
 

PB_AZ

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I have skype ... but I already exited it since yesterday

Also when the McAfee blocked the risky connections - it pointed to the "Host Process for Window Services" ... though as I mentioned I didnt see any McAfee blocks pop-ups this morning.
 

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PB_AZ

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Ok. Thanks Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is in process ... but I am getting tons of the following Malaware detected pop-ups...
 

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PB_AZ

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Forgot to mention that it is coming from the same file ... as I can see here.
 

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PB_AZ

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Here's the AntiMalware Scan Log ...
FRST scan in progress will upload soon..

Unfortunately, the McAfee Risky Connection Blocked pop-ups started coming now.
Though Anti-Malware Trojan detection is not coming.
 

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PB_AZ

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FRST Scan Logs attached.
 

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PB_AZ

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Here's the screenshot of the McAfee Blocked Risky Connection and the total list of IP addresses.
 

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