IE6 popup only with address bar or favourites

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iz0nlee

My uncle brought his dell laptop to me with this problem
OS Win xp home. IE6
if I try to open a site with the address typed inm to the address bar, or
from the favourites drop down menu, a blank 'popup' window opens, taking a
long time and taking 99% recources. It takes ages to close and if i stop
the process in task manager another windo appears. It wont let me download
from sites like lavasoft. I downloaded hitmanpro on another computer and
ran that and this found lots of trojan, spyware etc but after running it the
same thing happened, but a little faster this time.

Any other ideas

TIA
 
Hi,
No one program can remove all malware and much of the malware currently in
circulation must be removed manually.

See these sites for help, including the posting of a HijackThis log to one
of the forums where HJT logs are analyzed:

The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Malware Removal and Prevention Overview - CastleCopsWiki:
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview

Removing Malware:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Partial list of forums- there are others:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html

You will have to register to post to any of these forums and should look for
one or more "Important- Read this first" type messages, at whatever forum
you choose, for specific instructions.
- - -
After getting the machine cleaned up, give these 2 free, easy to use,
programs a try:
SpywareBlaster 4.0
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E7-DA2B-4A6A-AFA4-F7F14E605A0D&displaylang=en

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
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