IE 6 locks up/not responding when opening links in new window

[Jason W-P]

Hmmmm.......
Thought I had a virus but every virus removal/detection
tool under the sun has 'cleaned my PC up' leaving me in
the same position.

Problem is when I click a link that opens in a new window
my browser totally locks up and I can't even close the
browser unless I go to my tack manager. Same happens when
I try to upload to. Can ANYBODY help. My laptop works
fine so I've elimiinated any downstream problems, it
must lie within my PC! I've even ran Ad-ware and got rid
of a heap of gremlins however I'm still experiencing the
same problem! It's been like this for over a week now and
it happened over night. Please help!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!

 

[war17]

1. Check if re-registering some DLL files will help

Unable to Open Link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q281679&sd=tech
or
If you have Windows 9.x, use McRepair
http://download.microsoft.com/download/msninvestor/Patch/1.0/WIN98/EN-US/mcrepair.EXE

2. If no joy, reinstall Internet Explorer. What operating system do you
have? If Windows XP

Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;318378
OR
http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_ie6.htm

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Hmmmm.......
Thought I had a virus but every virus removal/detection
tool under the sun has 'cleaned my PC up' leaving me in
the same position.

Problem is when I click a link that opens in a new window
my browser totally locks up and I can't even close the
browser unless I go to my tack manager. Same happens when
I try to upload to. Can ANYBODY help. My laptop works
fine so I've elimiinated any downstream problems, it
must lie within my PC! I've even ran Ad-ware and got rid
of a heap of gremlins however I'm still experiencing the
same problem! It's been like this for over a week now and
it happened over night. Please help!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!

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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