My machine has recently started this behavior. When you click a link in the
text of a newsgroup message, it launches the IE Browswer window and then the
Browser window locks up. It has to be killed from the task manager. If I
copy the same url and paste into a browser, it never locks up. The webpage
does not load. You cannot close the window or right click on its icon in the
task bar.

Is there something about the way OE is calling the IE Browser causing this
behavior?

XPSP2 all updates installed.

--
Rikk Flohr

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"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in message

My machine has recently started this behavior. When you click a link
in the text of a newsgroup message, it launches the IE Browswer
window and then the Browser window locks up. It has to be killed from
the task manager. If I copy the same url and paste into a browser, it
never locks up. The webpage does not load. You cannot close the
window or right click on its icon in the task bar.

Is there something about the way OE is calling the IE Browser causing
this behavior?

XPSP2 all updates installed.

It is not something in the way OE is calling the browser. You probably are
infested with malware.
Systematically go through the steps at this site:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
also see
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Very unlikely.

I run adaware and spybot weekly. Inspect the running programs monthly. I
have my system locked down very well. The only thing that qualifies is the
MSN Tool Bar. Shutting it down helps immensely but it always reinstalls
itself. Does that qualify as Malware?

Rikk.


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
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"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in message

My machine has recently started this behavior. When you click a link
in the text of a newsgroup message, it launches the IE Browswer
window and then the Browser window locks up. It has to be killed from
the task manager. If I copy the same url and paste into a browser, it
never locks up. The webpage does not load. You cannot close the
window or right click on its icon in the task bar.

Is there something about the way OE is calling the IE Browser causing
this behavior?

XPSP2 all updates installed.

It is not something in the way OE is calling the browser. You probably
are infested with malware.
Systematically go through the steps at this site:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
also see
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

all IE addin tool bars can have mal effects,
the writer had no idea what other software could be running on any target
computer, has no idea what effect possible combinations may have

--
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Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
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"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in message
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Very unlikely.

I run adaware and spybot weekly. Inspect the running programs monthly. I
have my system locked down very well. The only thing that qualifies is the
MSN Tool Bar. Shutting it down helps immensely but it always reinstalls
itself. Does that qualify as Malware?

Rikk.


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
...
"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in message

My machine has recently started this behavior. When you click a link
in the text of a newsgroup message, it launches the IE Browswer
window and then the Browser window locks up. It has to be killed from
the task manager. If I copy the same url and paste into a browser, it
never locks up. The webpage does not load. You cannot close the
window or right click on its icon in the task bar.

Is there something about the way OE is calling the IE Browser causing
this behavior?

XPSP2 all updates installed.

It is not something in the way OE is calling the browser. You probably
are infested with malware.
Systematically go through the steps at this site:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
also see
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Depends on who you ask, but it seems to be in your case. If you uninstall
it does the problem go away?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM

"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in message

Very unlikely.

I run adaware and spybot weekly. Inspect the running programs
monthly. I have my system locked down very well. The only thing that
qualifies is the MSN Tool Bar. Shutting it down helps immensely but
it always reinstalls itself. Does that qualify as Malware?

Rikk.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
...
"The Celtic Warrior" wrote in
message
My machine has recently started this behavior. When you click a link
in the text of a newsgroup message, it launches the IE Browswer
window and then the Browser window locks up. It has to be killed
from the task manager. If I copy the same url and paste into a
browser, it never locks up. The webpage does not load. You cannot
close the window or right click on its icon in the task bar.

Is there something about the way OE is calling the IE Browser
causing this behavior?

XPSP2 all updates installed.

It is not something in the way OE is calling the browser. You
probably are infested with malware.
Systematically go through the steps at this site:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
also see
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html