Unable to Open IE6 - thought i was smart. guess not.

[greta]

Hey Wise ones--

Last night was on the 'puter for 6 hours... Trying to get my IE browser to
open. I click on IE and the hourglass comes up for about 3 seconds, then
goes away.... NOTHING happens!

-thought i might have a worm, i cleaned the computer. nothing.
-emptied my cache
-uninstalled and reinstalled IE6... and Service Pack.

i am at a loss. i've been using my yahoo DSL browser and it's painful.
please help.

 

[PA Bear]

Control Panel>Internet Options>Programs>IE should check to see if it's the
default browser (check & reboot).

Did you know that you did /not/ need to install the Yahoo/DSL browser (a
customised version of IE, as it happens) or anything else to use Yahoo/DSL?
I recommend uninstalling all that crap.
--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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[greta]

Yep, it's the default browser....

(I already had Yahoo on there since I have SBC DSL) I know, it does indeed
appear to be "crap." lol.

I was reading below and wonder if I have the "browser bug"... But a virus
scan showed I was clean???

 

[PA Bear]

Check your system for "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles & CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run in this order:

1. CWShredder (fix all)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all)

3. Spybot (generally, fix all in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

 

[juston]

I am having the exact same problem. Every time I open IE
it closes once the page loads. I have updated WinXP
including IE 6. Ran Norton fully updated--no virus. Ran
adaware--nothing. I can open the internet through a
media browser and am currently downloading Netscape.
There are no errors, nothing.

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