IE6 Application start slow on XP_sp2

Hi All,

I am using IE6 (Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.0.2) on Windows XP_sp2
for nearly 1 year without any problem..

I have Norton Antivirus, ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall, Microsoft AntiSpyware
(beta) on my system to protect my system from possible intruders and
viruses..

To my bad fate, 1 month back I connected to my (dialup) internet, after
disabling all the above protectors (for some other reason).. that too
only for a period of 3 minutes...

Some nasty ADWARE HACKED my IE6 and attached some UI to the tool-bar,
when I was browsing thru some websites..

I somehow managed to remove those things from the IE UI.. I forgot how
I did.

But after that, My IE started to load slowly..

"LOAD SLOWLY" in the sense, it is loading pages in the as-usual speed,

But it IE application itself loads very slowly (takes 8 to 25
seconds)...

I searched thru the lot of webpages, groups, forums here and there to
find a proper solution for this.. I dont find any proper solution...
and I also tried with various registry and IE-application-folder
manipulation advised by most.. but in vein..

Have you faced a problem like this.. if so.. how do u go and fix it..
or is there a solution without reinstalling IE6 or XP.. since I have my
XP&IE with all the latest updates.. I am not willing to do it once
more as it is a time and internet consuming process (mine is a 115kb
dialup connection)

expecting ur help

Thanks & regards

R.Padmakumar

wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am using IE6 (Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.0.2) on Windows XP_sp2
> for nearly 1 year without any problem..
>
> I have Norton Antivirus, ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall, Microsoft AntiSpyware
> (beta) on my system to protect my system from possible intruders and
> viruses..
>
> To my bad fate, 1 month back I connected to my (dialup) internet,
> after disabling all the above protectors (for some other reason)..
> that too only for a period of 3 minutes...
>
> Some nasty ADWARE HACKED my IE6 and attached some UI to the tool-bar,
> when I was browsing thru some websites..
>
> I somehow managed to remove those things from the IE UI.. I forgot
> how I did.
>
> But after that, My IE started to load slowly..
>
> "LOAD SLOWLY" in the sense, it is loading pages in the as-usual speed,
>
> But it IE application itself loads very slowly (takes 8 to 25
> seconds)...
>
> I searched thru the lot of webpages, groups, forums here and there to
> find a proper solution for this.. I dont find any proper solution...
> and I also tried with various registry and IE-application-folder
> manipulation advised by most.. but in vein..
>
> Have you faced a problem like this.. if so.. how do u go and fix it..
> or is there a solution without reinstalling IE6 or XP.. since I have
> my
> XP&IE with all the latest updates.. I am not willing to do it once
> more as it is a time and internet consuming process (mine is a 115kb
> dialup connection)

Your computer is probably not free of all malware. Go through the
following malware removal steps systematically:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Then see these links about practicing "Safe Hex":

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_R...:_Introduction
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight

Malke
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