Re: IE6 Problems

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/29/04


Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:17:17 -0600

Unchecking "Enable third party browser enhancements" only cures the
symptoms. To fix the cause see
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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"Rich" <rsavage@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message 
news:3b7501c3fe52$65eb03e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>I had the EXACT same problem that started sometime
> between the evening of the 26th and the evening of the
> 27th.  All worked fine until then.  Symptoms exactly the
> same.  I ran Spybot Nuker, manually cleaned up files,
> MSConfig, defrag, purging of cache cookies etc, McAfee
> Virusscan that found a lot more than the Spyware nuker.
> NOTHING helped - until I unchecked "Enable 3rd party
> browser extensions" (thanks for the tip).  Now all is
> well.
>
> However --- I want to know what caused it.  How can I
> find this out?  What will I miss by disabling 3rd party
> browser extensions?  Hopefully that will not affect my
> VS.Net and IIS loads any...
>
> Please respond by email if possible. Thanks!
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The last couple of days my IE6 has been playing up .When
> you open it ,it
>>takes it's time to allow you to proceed further . The
> green indicator bars
>>go to the limit ,then just sit there and you cant do
> anything and the
>>mouse pointer stays as a pointer and doesn't change to a
> hand  symbol.
>>..When you are eventually alloed to proceed  it takes
> its time to change to
>>the next page and again the same thing happens at the
> next stage ,the
>>green indicators filling the box but preventing further
> operations.
>>
>>Can anyone suggest what to do to fix this . Unlike
> previous versions of IE
>>there is no REPAIR facility Add/Remove Programmes .
>>It isnt anything to do with the sites or connection as
> Netsscape works
>>fine .
>>thx
>>Stuart
>>
>>-- 
>>
>>"YESTERDAY is history,TOMORROW is a mystery,TODAY is a
> gift
>>
>>That is why it is called the present "
>>.
>> 


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