Re: Temporary Lock Up of IE 6

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/04/04


Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:35:01 -0800


>-----Original Message-----
>First eliminate any scumware.
>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.
>
>--
>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
>http://www.fjsmjs.com
>Protect your PC
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>
>"Mike B" <brannanm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:6c6b01c401ea$bf7b4b40$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Two days ago I began having a problem with IE 6. When
I
>> click on a link, the full web page loads and then IE
locks
>> up for 10-15 seconds. The status bar at the bottom
says
>> "Done," but I have to wait to access the page.
>>
>> I thought I found a fix on the MS site. The patch
Q818506
>> sounds like it addresses this issue, but when I try to
>> install the patch I get an error saying "This update
>> requires Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 to be
>> installed." I have the following installed: SP1,
Q822925,
>> Q330994, Q828750, Q824145, Q831167, Q832894
>>
>> I tried to totally uninstall IE and start from
scratch, but
>> I can only see the service pack installs for IE in
the "Add
>> and Remove Programs" of Windows XP. I removed them,
tested
>> IE, and the problem still existed. I reinstalled them
and
>> the problem still exists.
>>
>> Can someone help? I have had to use Netscape the last
two
>> days and it stinks.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
>.Well it worked for me. I have spybot s&d and i just
downloaded adaware and run that and you were right about
it finding different spyware. It solved my problem and
now my computer is running great again. Thanks so much
for the help. You were also right about the name
[scumware] .Thanks again!
>



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