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[stan]

I'm running IE 6.0. I have a new Dell xps computer. When
I click on the IE icon, it takes about 40-50 seconds for
anything to happen as far as IE appearing on the screen.
When it finally does, it opens up 3 windows to 3
different pages one of which is my default page. The
other two are webpages advertising loans and jobs. How
do I get this cleared out so that only my default page is
brought up. I think this is why it's taking so long to
boot up, because of these other pages.

Thanks,
Stan

 

[Charlie Tame]

Stan, sorry there's a lot to dig through but read some of these links and
see if anything rings a bell, you can always come back for more specific
advice but I think it's probably spyware / adware and it's going off looking
for websites etc before IE gets going.


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Interesting Article
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1524248,00.asp

Help Removing Parasites and AdWare
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Defend_CWS.htm
www.lavasoftusa.com
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=about
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_list_full.php

IE Won't work after removing spyware
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

More Secure ActiveX Settings
http://www.tames.net/security/activexsettings.htm

A Java Machine Problem
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html#byteverify

Even better browser security
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource6.htm

Charlie