Initial opening of browser fails

[Nick Hopwood]

Recently I have had some major performance issues when
surfing the web but I was able to resolve many of these
issues by installing and then running Ad-Aware and Spybot.
Unfortunately, a problem still exists when I try to open
Explorer initially. I double click the icon and nothing
happens except the hour glass disappears. I double click a
second time and then the browser opens successfully!!
After a while, the second browser window will open. Could
someone please assist me in getting rid of this
annoyance!!! I am running IE version 6 on a Windows 98
platform.

 

[hardhead]

see what else is starting up or running, and do a trojan
scan

 

[H Leboeuf]

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

More: This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Additional link:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm