I received perhaps the strangest e-mail from an end user over the past few days and have been slightly baffled how to fix it.
A user states that when she opens up Internet Explorer, when she types anything into the browser, the reverse of what she types appears…For example, if she were to go to “TechRepublic.com”, it would appear “moc.cilbuperhceT” in her browser. Apparently, this is the only application that is affected.
She runs a virus scan and nothing is detected. I still think it’s a virus, but without a clear understanding of what is going on, I suggest that the next time she is in the office, I re-install IE and in the meantime she use Firefox.
Today, she sends another e-mail stating that the problem has “mysteriously” gone away and everything appears fine.
Needless to say, this doesn’t exactly make me feel any better.
Has anyone heard of this sort of thing happening? And, will re-installing IE fix the problem?
Thanks as always,
Nate