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IE freezes constantly

by tmongeau Jun 18, 2009 6:39AM PDT

I am running VISTA home Edition in a Dell Inspiron desktop with IE 7.0.6001.18000. Whuile using IE the computer would usually freeze up for 10 or 15 seconds once in awhile. I recently downloaded the recommended Windows updates for Vista. Now the computer, while using IE is ultra slow and freezes up for 10 or 15 seconds about once ecvery minute or two. Should I try to restore to a previous date or update to IE 8 to resolve the problem?

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What I look at first is
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 18, 2009 6:42AM PDT

The add-ins. Look at disabling all add-ins for a test.

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My IE Freezes Constantly too
by vunanne Jul 2, 2009 12:56AM PDT

I am running Vista home edition as well and everything was running fine up until about 2 weeks ago. Now every time I try to navigate to a new page, it freezes for about 10 seconds. It not only freezes IE, but it freezes everything on my computer. I tried restoring to an earlier date when I knew everything was working fine but this didn't seem to help either.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Just In Case You've Got Malware
by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Jul 2, 2009 2:28AM PDT

Please try the steps below:

On a friend or family member's computer, download the Malwarebytes installer and update files from the links below, copy them to a CD or flash drive, then transfer the files to the problem machine and use them. If you can't start the computer into "normal" windows, try installing, updating, and running the scans AFTER the computer is started into Safe Mode.. I use the sites below to download the installer file and the manual updater:

Once downloaded and before transferring them to the problem machine, rename the program installer "mbam-setup.exe" file to something else like "Gogetum.exe", then copy the installer file and the update file to a CD or flash drive.. Transfer the file to the problem machine, then install the "Gogetum.exe" file, then run the update to get the program current.. After that, run a full system scan and delete anything it finds.

Malwarebytes Installer Download Link (Clicking on the links below will immediately start the download dialogue window.)
http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe

Malwarebytes Manual Updater link
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/database/mbam-rules.exe

Next, download the SuperAntispyware program and the manual updater from the links below. After running the Malwarebytes tool above, if you still can't download and install it directly from the problem machine, download it on a friend or family member's computer as well. After installing and updating SuperAntispyware, run another full system scan and delete everything it finds as well. As before, you may need to rename the installer file to get the program to install.:

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/

SuperAntispyware Manual Updater
http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html
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In a few situations, in order for the program to run, it was also necessary to rename the main "mbam.exe" file also after installing it.. It resides in the C:\Programs Files\Malwarebytes Antimalware folder..

Hope this helps...

Grif

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