IE 6 Address entry or "Go" takes 2 minutes

[Keith Byrd]

Fairly new computer. Did a Windows update and installed a
few other programs. Now, with IE, if I put a URL in the
address bar and either hit Enter or click the "Go"
button, it takes about 2 minutes for the site to come up.
If I choose a site from Favorites or click links within a
web page, the page appears immediately.

I tried to reinstall IE 6 but I get a "Windows logo not
tested" error and have been through the Knowledge Base
and don't have the Hotfix installed it has listed in it.

Any ideas?

Thx.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Fairly new computer. Did a Windows update and installed a
few other programs. Now, with IE, if I put a URL in the
address bar and either hit Enter or click the "Go"
button, it takes about 2 minutes for the site to come up.
If I choose a site from Favorites or click links within a
web page, the page appears immediately.

I tried to reinstall IE 6 but I get a "Windows logo not
tested" error and have been through the Knowledge Base
and don't have the Hotfix installed it has listed in it.

Any ideas?

Thx.

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 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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