IE6 in XP stops accessing web pages

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This is a new install of WinXP with SP2
After I installed Norton Anti Virus, IE6
would stop accessing webpages after a
short amount of time, every time I select
a favorite or type a URL it returns the
"The page cannot be displayed" page

rebooting solves the problem for a few
minutes, then I can't access webpages
again, I read a lot of messages here and
nothing I did solves the problem.

I hope someone can help.
 
AndreB said:
This is a new install of WinXP with SP2
After I installed Norton Anti Virus, IE6
would stop accessing webpages after a
short amount of time, every time I select
a favorite or type a URL it returns the
"The page cannot be displayed" page

rebooting solves the problem for a few
minutes, then I can't access webpages
again, I read a lot of messages here and
nothing I did solves the problem.

I hope someone can help.
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First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
Frank Saunders said:
First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to
do than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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Like I said, this is a new install of WinXP with SP2.
I am behind a hardware firewall.
The only software I loaded was Norton Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam.
Began browsing the internet for other software, and after a few
pages, it quit, tried the WinSock repair tool, it only solved the problem
for a few minutes, ran AdAware, all it found was a couple of cookies.

I described the problem to a guy at work, and he had a similar problem
all he could remember is it had something to do with the DNS cache.
 
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