IE6 windows will not close

[Joe Cottrill]

This phenomenon is about 4 days old, and seems quite
strange. None of the windows I open in IE6 will close-
the 'X' simply does not work. The minimze and resize
buttons work, not the close. I run a new copy of Norton
Antivirus full time, and have done complete scans lately,
no findings. I also run Spybot regularly, nothing out of
the ordinary there.
I could use a tip on the best method to reload Explorer,
if anyone thinks that is the solution. I have my original
WP Home Edition CD.

 

[Joe I need help]

I have the same problem, I have no idea how to fix it.
Please help someone.

 

[Guest]

Try running a spybot. Download Adware 6, there are
several sites you can get it from. I used the Cnet
dowloads site, can't remember the url but once downloaded,
it scanned my entire hard disc and deleted all the
suspicius files. My IE seems ok now (fingers crossed):

Someone suggested safer-networking.org to get the
software. Good luck

-----Original Message-----
I am having the same problem and it began about a week

ago. The only way I can close IE is to control/alt/delete.
Has anyone responded to your problem.

 

[Guest]

btw, I've also been told that you can't just isolate IE,
delete it and then re-intall. If you want to reload IE,
you would need to re-install MS Office. Try running the
Adware first before you do anything more drastic.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

This phenomenon is about 4 days old, and seems quite
strange. None of the windows I open in IE6 will close-
the 'X' simply does not work. The minimze and resize
buttons work, not the close. I run a new copy of Norton
Antivirus full time, and have done complete scans lately,
no findings. I also run Spybot regularly, nothing out of
the ordinary there.
I could use a tip on the best method to reload Explorer,
if anyone thinks that is the solution. I have my original
WP Home Edition CD.

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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