Operation Aborted

[Mike]

I'm getting an error message indicating that:

IE cannot open the site http://foo.bar.com

Operation Aborted.

The page loads for maybe a second, then the error dialog,
then the page goes to a 404 message.

I can refresh the page and when it _just_ starts to load,
click STOP and it will load, although not necessarily all
of the page.

It doesn't happen on all sites, but it is consistent when
a site doesn't work.

I've tried resetting all of the settings to default.

I'm running Windows XP home, IE 6.0, connected to a cable
modem through a router. Nothing has changed except
running windows update.

 

[JR]

It looks like http://foo.bar.com does not even exist !
Are you sure about the link ?

 

[Guest]

http://foo.bar.com is not a site. It means that you can
put in any site at all.

Try www.economist.com or www.freep.com

 

[Guest]

I am getting the same problem. Certain sites will not
load. I have the same basic setup. It may be a dns
problem? I have another machine that works fine (although
it is a windows 2000 server).

 

[H Leboeuf]

There's a good possibility that this is being caused by a third-party
program (adware, spyware, parasite).
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

If this is the one get the removal tool.

CoolWebSearch - CWS http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
More: Removal tool: http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
More: Removal tool:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.bootconf.html
More: http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=640