IE6 problems since eliminating adware and trojans

[Warren]

After my system was taken over by a rogue website which
dumped adware-type trojans on me, I did a cleanup of the
system and rid myself of the offending programs.

However IE6 now behaves very badly as follows:
1. Each newly launched instance of IE6 is independent of
all others - e.g. I need to log into the same site for
each separate IE6 window I launch (for instance Yahoo
Mail)

2. After opening a few windows, serially or in parallel,
within a single IE session, the session will become non-
responsive - buttons and hyperlinks stop working,
branching to another URL just waits. The only option is
to close all windows within that session and launch a new
instance of IE. Sometimes this can occur in as few as
three windows!

Any ideas what is happening here and how to fix it?

I am running anti-adware software, anti-virus software
and a software firewall. The same behaviour occurs if I
disable any or all of these protections.

 

[Mike Burgess]

Warren,
You may still have some (parasite) left-overs .....
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-08-03]
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[H Leboeuf]

Make sure nothing has been left behind.

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file.
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html
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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm