connected to braodband, web pages won't open

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i'm at a complete loss here so i would be eternally gratefull to anyone who can offer any help.

windows xp home, Hotfix Q819696 (i don't know if you need that information but thought i would post it just in case)

i have another computer networked to this one, mine being the host computer. i connect to the internet, no problem, and the other networked computer is online too. everything is fine for anything between 10 mintues and an hour, then, when i try to open a web page it's like i'm not connected anymore. i know i'm still online because MSN mesenger will still connect and run, and the other networked computer can broswe with no problems. i have run virus programs and i'm not infected. i have also run an updated adaware and fixed the probs on there but i am still having this problem. i think all this started happening after running windows update and now i can't fix it.

please help!!
 
I'm having similar problems. When I start pc I can get online with IE and other programs then after a while (hour or so) I can't access online pages anymore with IE. Sometimes I still can get online with other programs, sometimes I can't access anything. I just reinstalled and updated my os (i had a Sasser variant before I resinstalled). Any ideas on what may be killing my access?
 
im still at a complete loss. do you think i should try uninstalling and reinstalling internet explorer? i have version 6.0.2800.1106. and if so, can anyone help me with this! i wouldn't know where to begin because it's not in add/remove programs and i can only seem to find instructions via microsoft help on how to uninstall up to version 5. i have done the 'ping' thing and all 4 were fine. i have noticed that if i try to 'ping' while online, ipconfig won't even open, is this normal?

thanks again
 
eliw75 said:
im still at a complete loss. do you think i should try uninstalling and reinstalling internet explorer? i have version 6.0.2800.1106. and if so, can anyone help me with this! i wouldn't know where to begin because it's not in add/remove programs and i can only seem to find instructions via microsoft help on how to uninstall up to version 5. i have done the 'ping' thing and all 4 were fine. i have noticed that if i try to 'ping' while online, ipconfig won't even open, is this normal?

thanks again
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If you are using an e-mail client, are you able to use that? It sounds
like the problem is exclusive to Internet Explorer. It could be a
browser hijacker of some sort. One that seems to cause the most trouble
is CoolWebSearch. Both Adaware and Spybot don't seem to detect it. You
can download a program called CWShredder that should take care of it if
that is the problem.

HijackThis should be able to take care of any other browser hijackers.

CWShredder and HijackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Eric
 
thanks eric

i use hotmail for my emails, but can't acces the pages. the only thing i can do when my internet fails, is use msn messenger, or yahoo chat. basically only the things that don't actually require access via a web page. ran CWShredder, then adaware, spybot and hijack this again, but i am still having the problem. do you think a uninstall and reinstall of internet explorer will help?

thanks again
 
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