computer freezes alot im not sure if its windows or my hardware

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zack

when my computer freezes the fan speeds up on my heat
sink thats about all i can say and one other thing is i
have this problem with internet explorer where when i go
to a site thats not there i get a internet optimizer site
how can i get rid of this?
 
The second problem, may be that you have a browser highjacker thats sneaked
onto your system
Free online virus scan

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
Free Anti virus software www.grisoft.com
Free Firewall www.zonelabs.com
Free Adware Blocker http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
Free malware and spyware cleaner http://www.safer-networking.org/

The redirection may also be caused by the way you have internet searching
set up

Go into internet explorer/tools/internet options/advanced

Scroll down to search options, depending on what you select, ie will use
your input which does not resolve to a specific site, to search with. It
will either go to the first site with the nearest match, or display a list
of sites, display the results of the search, or you can turn it off
altogether.

Does it always go to the same site, irrespective of the bad url you type in,
if so, it is probably a bit of browser redirection software.

The first problem sounds like hardware.

Have a look in the system event log for any errors just before the time of
the lockup

start/run
eventvwr.msc

Paul
 
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