Search engines get hung up

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Nate

Everytime I use a search engine, ie. Yahoo or Google,
They get hung up when giving me my results.
Any Help on what is causing this and what I can do?
 
It is essential to check for spyware/hijackware/foistware.

Go to IE tools, internet options, general tab. Click on the cache settings
button and then 'view objects'. Delete anything you don't recognise. If you
are unsure, or no objects appear, for diagnosis purposes I REALLY like
BHODemon, available at http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm. It
does not need installing - simply unzip and run the EXE programme. It is
very easy to use.

I find this programme is a better option than IE6's ability to turn off
"Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)". This disables
*all* plug-ins and makes troubleshooting very difficult.

Many people like AdAware, available at www.lavasoft.de . Make sure you keep
the signature files up to date and remember, AdAware may only remove the
current installation of spyware; it may not do anything about software that
reinstalls itself, so unless you want to get stuck in an endless loop of
hijack/cleanout/hijack/cleanout make sure you get rid of whatever is
installing the junk. See my Troubleshooting advice for information about
how to track down and get rid of spyware completely.
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot

An excellent replacement for AdAware is Spybot. Again, it is a free
programme which can be downloaded from:
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

Also, go to IE tools, internet options, content, autocomplete and clear your
forms cache.
 
It is essential to check for spyware/hijackware/foistware.....
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Using third-party software and Browser tweaks :-{{
Point is? IE is oh so boringly exploitable, grrrr ;)

--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 
Sandi - Microsoft MVP said:
Hi Siljaline,

How're you doing? Surviving blaster et al?
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Hi Sandi,

Doing just fine, thanks - running Win Me so no problems with the Blaster
virus.
Biggest problem in these parts of late is the huge power outage forcing me
to post with OE.
My ISP's news server is down so I can't post to anything other than the GRC
groups and MS Public.

Having a ball replying to all the Spyware posts and there are too many.
PA Bear asked me to post a regular stock file telling folks to run Ad-aware
and SpyBot, etc.
Just posted a few minutes ago -
It's been a hot and humid summer here in Montreal but been too busy working
to notice.

We should exchange info as we did some time back - e-mail me at my return
address if you are interested.

Hope all is well with you down under, never been in the Pacific, yet <g>
Drop me a line! No worries ;)

--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 
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