IE Hangs/Freezes after web surfing for awhile

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I have a very stupid question. This problem just started happening in the
past day. My daughter downloaded a virus two days ago. Norton caught it and
quarantined the file it affected. Since that time I've checked my system for
other viruses, adware, spyware, corrupt files, missing critical files, etc.
Everything is supposed to be okay, but I've been having problems with
Internet Explorer 6.0. Out of the blue it will hang and then freeze on a web
page. The only way to recover is to push control/alt/delete and end the
task. I've looked at all of my settings and the only thing I've noticed that
seems odd is that my temporary internet file size was set to an incredibly
small amount--something like 256 mb. If that file gets filled would it cause
IE to freeze, or do the oldest files get overwritten by newer files so size
doesn't matter?

If this isn't what has been causing the problem, does any one have any other
ideas?
 
You problem could well be the size of your Temporary Internet Files - but
it's way too LARGE rather than too small!

You should set the TIF to no more than about 40MB - after using the UI to
delete the files and Offline content.

The files are replaced on a FIFO principle as required, but it may well be
that the number of entries in the table controlling the TIF folder is
overflowing the capability if the computer.

What is your OS??

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