after reading email, new browser session is open -- PCTECH

Subject: after reading email, new browser session is open
From: "franz400" <franz400@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:46:33 -0500
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This sounds odd (to me).
For last several days, each time after reading through emails (outlook express on Win xp pro)
when I'm done there is a new browser session opened (ie8) for a gardening website. There may or may not
be an email from this site, but if there is, I did not open the email. I'm deleting (without opening)
couple hundred emails, maybe reading 10 or so.
Have run malwarebytes looking for trojans.
Run a zonealarm pro firewall.
So - without opening an email, can it launch a browser window?
jim

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