# A problem with Internet Explorer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-internet-explorer/198399>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-internet-explorer/198399 "2003-08-29T10:18:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-internet-explorer/198399/1 "2003-08-29T10:18:40Z")

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Without warning, Internet Explorer suddenly started to delay between 10 and 20 seconds to open, anytime I call for it. Each time a link calls a new window, this one delays the same.

Yes, I confess guilty to have installed many freeware programs, but even so, the delay started _not after installing any particular program._ From a moment to another, the strange behavior started.

I have just updated Norton Antivirus. It doesn’t report me any virus. The Task Manager shows many processes, but I don’t dare to end any task, fearing to mess things down.

This strange behavior have ocurred before in the previous encarnation of Windows 2000. And, like an african-bees swarm, it departed as silently as arrived. I never knew what was happened.

Obviously, the questions are…

1. How do I repair it (without reinstalling W2K, of course)?
2. Where is the best place to search the cause?
3. Can you help me??

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-internet-explorer/198399/2 "2003-08-29T10:35:07Z")

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spybot and/or ad-aware  
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