While surfing, IE 'hangs' when clicking links

[Guest]

Since a few weeks, we have been experiencing problems with Internet Explorer
on some XP Pro PC's. When opening IE, everything works fine, but after
clicking a few links, IE suddenly shows only a blank page and the status
indicates 'Ready'. Any attempt to open another page, either from favourites
or by typing a new URL fails - the page just stays blank and status remains
'Ready'.

We've had this behaviour on 3 PC's so far (all XPXP2 with IE6); we are in a
network (behind ISA firewall, using integrated authentication) with
AutoUpdate enabled, so my guess is some recent update may be the cause of
this problem...

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Since a few weeks, we have been experiencing problems with Internet
Explorer on some XP Pro PC's. When opening IE, everything works fine,
but after clicking a few links, IE suddenly shows only a blank page
and the status indicates 'Ready'. Any attempt to open another page,
either from favourites or by typing a new URL fails - the page just
stays blank and status remains 'Ready'.

We've had this behaviour on 3 PC's so far (all XPXP2 with IE6); we
are in a network (behind ISA firewall, using integrated
authentication) with AutoUpdate enabled, so my guess is some recent
update may be the cause of this problem...

First eliminate any spyware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stack and you may
not be able to connect to the Internet. Before you try to remove spyware,
download a copy of LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2
stacks (all Windows versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
In WinXP SP2: You can fix Winsock by going to Start | Run and typing
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

 

[Guest]

First eliminate any spyware.

Spyware or virusses are not the problem here; both are checked regularily
and not present on the systems with these problems.

CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stack and you may
not be able to connect to the Internet. Before you try to remove spyware,
download a copy of LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2
stacks (all Windows versions)

A damaged Winsock stack is obviously not the problem either, since only IE
shows this behaviour; other browsers (Firefox) work fine, as well as all
other network operations.