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IE 6.0 Locks up momemtarily when performing web searches

Jul 11, 2004 10:02AM PDT

I am having a problem with Internet Explorer ver 6.0.28 on a Win XP machine that I just can't figure out. When I perform a web search using Yahoo or Google the computer "stalls". The mouse changes to an hour-glass and still moves but I am unable to do anything with Internet Explorer. Other programs (non-Internet) still function normal. After about 5-10 seconds the search results appear and the program returns to normal. All other aspects of IE appear normal. (The computer is on a high speed connection and other computers in the house take less than a second to perform similar searches.)

I have run task manager while performing searches and have not noticed anything that might point to the problem. I have checked the computer for viruses and spyware using Spybot and Adaware.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Mark

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Re: IE 6.0 Locks up momemtarily when performing web searches
Jul 11, 2004 10:16AM PDT

What happens with Mozilla or Firefox?

What BHO's are installed?

Did you clear Internet Explorer's CACHE?

Bob

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Re: IE 6.0 Locks up momemtarily when performing web searches
Jul 11, 2004 10:42AM PDT

I am only using IE (call me a MS weenie)
I cleared the cache no help

BUT.... Success at last... I downloaded BHO Demon and it listed the following:

ycomp5_2.......Yahoo companion
AcroIEhelper...Adobe Acrobat
NavSh..........Norton Anti-Virus
ssqce.dll......THIS WAS THE VERMAN!!!

Clicking on "More Details" showed the original filename of ssqce.dll was WAT.DLL I disabled this BHO and then did a Google search on WAT.DLL (now fast as lightning) It showed the file belonged to ROINGS, a spyware program that was removed earlier. (Or so I thought)

Any way, now its just a matter of killing this little ******!

Thanks
Mark

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Good to see you are hot on the trail.
Jul 11, 2004 11:27AM PDT

As you suspect, it's rather tough to just guess it.

But Spyware is rather pernacious and as you can tell, can result in odd delays.

Bob