Links don't work properly

[DA]

Running Outlook 2002. Windows XP Pro. 1.7 ghz. 50 gig
hard drive. 512 memory.

Anytime I attempt to open a link in an email while using
Outlook the following occurs:

1) The link won't open, or when it does, it takes at
least a minute.
2) 10 to 15 pop up ads are generated in the lower right
hand corner and then take over the screen.
3) The Outlook program slows to a crawl or stops
functioning completely.
4) Sometimes an "Open Links with" dialogue box appears.

It may be a virus or some stupid program some third party
put into my start up or Outlook program but I can't
figure it out.

This turns a 10 minute email session into at least an
hour or more.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

DA

 

[Brian Tillman]

Anytime I attempt to open a link in an email while using
Outlook the following occurs:

1) The link won't open, or when it does, it takes at
least a minute.
2) 10 to 15 pop up ads are generated in the lower right
hand corner and then take over the screen.
3) The Outlook program slows to a crawl or stops
functioning completely.
4) Sometimes an "Open Links with" dialogue box appears.

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