problem with pc

aladavlis · Post by **aladavlis** » 17 Dec 2006, 00:24

Hello,
I am having trouble with my Internet explorer.It is doing some very odd things.Sometimes it will completely close the page i am visiting for no reason or it will be very slow loading pages and when i say slow i mean very very very slow for eg i tried to google something and after 10 minutes of the page trying to load i gave up.I thought that it was perhaps the topic i was searching so i tried putting in random things to see if that made any difference but it didn't.Another problem i had was when i was on a forum and clicked on a link and nothing happened i tried to open a new tab and that wouldn't work either and it would let me access any options that are in my tools menu.i had to restart my computer.Just to let you know i have high speed Internet connection.Thanks in advance to anyone that helps me with this problem.

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 17 Dec 2006, 06:06

Seems you've picked up something (virus, adware or spyware). First, make sure you have antivirus protection and it is up to date. Scan your system and quarantine or delete any viruses. Next, use a good adware/spyware program to get rid of these things. Don't just download something that looks good...a lot of these also contain spyware/adware. You can download for free:
1. Adaware (makes sure you google this exact spelling). It is made by Lavasoft.
2. Also download Spybot Search and Destroy (also exact spelling).
I would use both of these. One will pick up stuff the other one doesn't.

Also, you might try switching browsers to Firefox. Find it, download it and set it up...it will import from IE all of your favorite bookmarks.

IE is prone to attacks and Microsoft constantly has updates for it. Make sure you've done all of the microsoft updates including the IE security updates.

If all of the above is done and no problems found then I would suspect your computer has an issue or IE itself. You can go into "Add-Remove Programs" from your control panel and click on IE to "repair" it as well. Not sure exactly what this does but it could help you take care of stuff.
Good luck.