re: Boot-up problem, virus maybe?
Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 2:59 am
Posted by Jack Gulley
(5917 messages posted)
I assume you have the latest IE security updates from the Windows Update site.
I have seen a lot of hangs with IE with the last few IE updates, when it connects
to a web site but it does not respond after the initial connection. So I assume your
IE is trying to connect to some site that is not working right, because of either
some sort of ToolBar (MSN, Yahoo, etc.) or a BHO file that is not being detected
as Malware or that might be corrupted.
First remove any all BHO's. They should download again if you really need them.
One way to do this is to run HijackThis and remove all O16 entries. For your problem,
a better way is to run the System Tools - Disk CleanUp utility. On the second
screen, make sure the box by "Downloaded Program Files" is checked. Then select the
line (click on it) and then click on View files. This will give you a list of all
the BHO (Browser Helper Objects) and files IE has downloaded and that become part
of IE's extensions. Select each and all of these items by right clicking
on them and manually deleting them. Then finish Disk CleanUp. Reboot, connect and
see if IE's problem has been solved.
Next try a REPAIR of IE just in case it has a problem. To REPAIR IE 6.0, go to
Control Panel, Add/Remove icon, and select (highlight) the entry for "Microsoft Internet
Explorer ... and Internet Tools" and then click the Add/Remove button at the bottom
of the window. On the options window, select the "Repair Internet Explorer" option
and click OK. When it is done reboot the system and test.
If you have any such tool bars, you could try removing them (or at least disable
them) and see if they are the problem and then reload them.
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