I’m wondering if anyone can help me diagnose a peculiar problem that has been occurring with my web browser lately.
Occasionally when I open my browser (IE7) some of my home pages will not load completely. The blue circle in each tab spins continuously indicating that the page is still loading, but some of them never stop. When I switch to the tab to see what is going on I see that the phishing filter is checking the website and the status in the lower left corner reads ‘waiting for (site)’.
Sometimes if I refresh the site two or three times the page will finally load. However, if I’m on a page that periodically refreshes itself (Yahoo mail, CNN, etc.) the problem almost always reoccurs. I tried opening the same pages in Firefox to see if maybe it was a problem with IE7, but the same thing happens.
I began noticing this problem about a week ago and I can’t help but wonder if it might somehow be related to the most recent round of Patch Tuesday ‘fixes’….
I’ve tried scanning for malware using Spybot, AdAware, and Windows Defender. Nothing unusual found there. I’ve also tried clearing my browser cache and run CCleaner. No luck there either.
Any suggestions???
Thanks in advance.
