Internet Explorer keeps 'hanging'.

[Lois]

my browswer when first loading the home page keeps
crashing, and in the bottom left hand corner says e.g '35
items' downloading. an it just stops and i have to use
control alt and delete to close it. i tried to download a
update on microsoft downloads which is meant to stop this
from happening but it says i need internet explorer sp1.
so i try to download that and when installing it says "
you have a newer version of internet explorer already
installed" and the setup cancells itself. so how am i
meant to overcome my problem? can anyone help me because
i use my computer alot and its becoming really annoying?
email me at (e-mail address removed)

thanx xx

 

[Don Varnau]

[posted/mailed]

First, try another homepage or a blank homepage.

Then...
From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third party
browser extensions."

That may allow you to use IE.
You should re-enable browser extensions after you finish the cleanup.

Run CWShredder from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
CWShredder is only about 125 KB so it could be downloaded
from another machine onto a floppy disk.

You may be able to download files and access sites from the address bar of
Windows Explorer.

You should follow up CWShredder with Ad-aware and Spybot S&D. Both programs
should be updated after installation- before use.
See: Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Also note security tips at that site.

Post back to this thread if this doesn't help.

Regards,
Don