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by andreas72

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When I would go to a site or search engine, ie. Hotmail and/or Google, I would type in my user name and tab to the next field and the computer would freeze for 20-30 seconds before allowing to type the password and then freeze again. The same would happen if I go to Google and type in search criteria, it would freeze for 20-30 seconds before proceeding. Also, just before installing the new drive, when opening Network Neighborhood I would get script errors, I researched this and found a solution on Microsoft support but the solution did not work, and when I went to hotmail it would freeze on every page until I would CTRL-ALT-DEL and end task on msmsg for every new page that opened (annoying). I ran virus scans, McAfee Pro and Norton's - novirus or so they claim and I do regular updates. Reinstalling Internet Explorer did not work. If I reformatted the drive it would not do this for about a week. But after continuous formats the problem appeared in less time. The CPU fan was also bad which I originally thought was the hard drive dieing and have since replaced the fan but don't think the fan was the issue because I could play games for hours with no issues. I use Kazaa for downloads but scan for virus before opening files that aredownloaded to a different partition on the drive. I refuse to use Kazaa anymore. But this would still happen after formatting and not using Kazaa. Don't know why this was happening. It almost seemed like my keystrokes were being monitored. I have a cable service behind a Siemens router with Firewall enabled. The other computer on the network has no issues.

Sorry so long, just wanted to provide as much info as possible.

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by b_pope

Your likely aware that Kazaa has spyware/adware bundled with it & when you installed Kazaa the bundled software was installed also.

The two programs that were installed are Cydoor & Brilliant Digital Entertainment. Both of these can be removed by installing & running a program called AdAware by Lavasoft, just do a search for Lavasoft on Google.

I would first get this program & run it, at the same time delete your temp files & your temporary internet files.

I would also get a firewall for your PC, the one that your cable service uses doesn't protect you it protects your cable company. Try ZoneAlarm, Outpost or Sygate they all have free versions & there the best

by shanghai sam

Already did the Adware from Lavasoft. Temp files and cookies all delete on regular basis thru scheduled maintance and sometimes manually. I have a Siemens router with built in hardware firewall enabled. Do you beleive in running a software firewall also? I have solved the issue with script errors in My network places. TweakUI was the problem - changed the setting of first icon to appear on desktop to my documents and since changing it back the problem was solved. Believe this is a computer specific problem. Have similiar setup on another computer not on this network and have no issues.

by joseph moore

I had this same problem, and it turns out I had a problem in the AutoComplete option in Internet Explorer. I had to disable AutoComplete for all web forms.
Click Tools -> Internet Options -> Content -> AutoComplete.
Uncheck all options, and click both Clear history buttons to completely purge the AutoComplete database.

hope this helps

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