Help - I Can't get IE to work, but Netscape & Firefox work fine

I can't get IE to work, but Netscape & Firefox work fine. So I know its not
my internet connection.

I've been having this problem with IE6 for a while, so I tried IE7 and the
same problem persists. When I open IE it just says: "Internet Explorer
cannot display the webpage". The weird thing is once in about every 100
times I try to open IE, it works fine.

I have McAfee Internet Security Suite, run Spybot and AdAware SE frequently,
and use BHO Demon. I can't figure out what the problem is. HELP!

 

I have exactly the same problem, broadband router connection running fine,
other Web enabled programmes not affected, as far as I can see. Still
waiting for the one instance where it works, though. Don't fancy having to
launch it 100 times!

 

Those symptoms would be consistent with a (broken) spyware add-on.

Try running IE through a proxy tracer such as FiddlerTool.
I see two possibilities for you if you do:
1. it works which gives you a workable circumvention
(e.g. the infiltrator may be coded to inhibit its activities when
it can detect that tracing is in effect)
2. it still doesn't work but you get some better clues about
what is happening when a request is sent by IE.


BTW I have asked users of these security packages before
and never get an answer so I have to ask: does your security
suite have any diagnostic tools built into it? E.g. if it is acting
as your firewall perhaps it is already tracing what is happening
and could give you more clues from its perspective.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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