Can't get EBAY.COM to work right

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My XP computer has IE6 and it all works just fine EXCEPT on the WWW.EBAY.COM
site.
When I'm there all the advertisements do not open, I get the Windows "Cannot
open" message on these. Properties suggest these are something to do wuth
DOUBLE CLICK.
This isn't a problem except that hitting "back" must be done about 5 or 6
times to really go back. During this painful time I see the web site
127.0.0.1 being shown to me several times. I think this is a local software
in my computer.

What gives and how do I fix this?

Thanks.
 
If you have pop-up blocker or spamware software installed on your PC, it
might be blocking the cookie or redirects to ads.doubleclick.com . Some do
this by altering the "HOSTS" file in Windows, SpyBot S&D does this if you
use the "Immunize" feature.

Sites like Ebay.com & Pogo.com, get paid by these advertisers. On some sites
you may experience a slight slowing of pages being downloaded, or page
errors, if these sites are blocked. But in most cases, it won't prevent you
from entering the sites.

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My XP computer has IE6 and it all works just fine EXCEPT on the WWW.EBAY.COM
site.
When I'm there all the advertisements do not open, I get the Windows "Cannot
open" message on these. Properties suggest these are something to do wuth
DOUBLE CLICK.
This isn't a problem except that hitting "back" must be done about 5 or 6
times to really go back. During this painful time I see the web site
127.0.0.1 being shown to me several times. I think this is a local software
in my computer.

What gives and how do I fix this?

Thanks.
 
Chopah said:
My XP computer has IE6 and it all works just fine EXCEPT on the
WWW.EBAY.COM site.
When I'm there all the advertisements do not open, I get the Windows
"Cannot open" message on these. Properties suggest these are
something to do wuth DOUBLE CLICK.
This isn't a problem except that hitting "back" must be done about 5
or 6 times to really go back. During this painful time I see the web
site 127.0.0.1 being shown to me several times. I think this is a
local software in my computer.

What gives and how do I fix this?

Thanks.
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In addition to the good reply you already got:

If you right-click on your Back button, you can choose where you want to go
back to - just select the appropriate page. It's easy. I also use a
customized hosts file so I don't have to see all the ads anyway, as they bug
me. And since eBay makes plenty of money off its sellers, I don't feel a
whit guilty about ignoring their paid advertisements as their site isn't
entirely subsidized by advertising anyway. Just my $.02.
 
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