Can't Close IE..

[Gary W.]

Hi, I'm running IE on Windows XP and now all of a suden I
am unable to Close any pop ups or even IE itself.. I have
to go into Task Manager every time to shut IE off...Any
IDEAS???

 

[H Leboeuf]

Parasite alert!

IE 6.

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

or:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.