Re: Internet hangs

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 08:56:10 -0500

"Ben Stevenson" <casiopie963@firemail.com> wrote in message
news:%23c5tRc7HEHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
> Far too often when I surf the Net and click on a link, the computer
> will hang somewhere through the download. This is more than 50% of the
> times. Quite irritating. C+A+D doesn't even bring up the Close Program
> box. But if I care to wait about 30 seconds or so, it'll dehang, and
> I can carry on to hang again on the next few link clicks.
> Any suggestions?

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 with the program's update function
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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