Stupid Questions about Internet Explorer

Hello,
For some reason, my I.E. is doing some crazy things lately. Really dragging if it even loads pages at all. I don't have this problem with AOL or Netscape, so I figure somehow my I.E. must be corrupted?? I ran a virus scan and Norton found nothing (with live update as well). That's my first question.......what would be the cause for an "all of a sudden" crash with I.E. , other than a virus?
Now for the really dumb question......if it is corrupted, how the heck do I uninstall it? I can't find it in Add/Remove Programs. Where does it hang out on the computer?? Or.....if I install a new version, will it correct the corrupted files?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm lost here.
Al

 

Holy Cow! I didn't realize I had so much crap on my computer. C-Cleaner freed up over 10 gigs on my hard drive! Now I'm off to download Ad-aware.
Thanks for the help
Chris

 

Thanks again Major. Here's what I did yesterday before my original post:

• Deleted Cookies/Temp Files
• Windows Update
• System Scan
• Defrag
• Norton Live Update
• Full Virus Scan

None of those solved the problem. After that, I was lost. Now I downloaded Ad-Aware, ran the program, and it found several files to delete. My computer froze when I tried to let the program delete them. I occasionally have that problem when trying to run a virus scan or burn CD's. I thought it was a heat issue, but all other sources tell me the processor is fine.
By the way, C-Cleaner has increased performance, but did not solve the issue with I.E. However, I downloaded Netscape last night and it screams......incredibly fast. Guess I'll try Ad-Aware again later today.

Al

 

you can set ad-aware to scan at next boot. This will hopefully scan your system before anything else can load up . It may help get you past the freezing issue when cleaning.

 

Thanks Kodo. I'll try that. Don't know what I'd do without you guys.

 

Big Al,

Download and install these 2 as well.

Cleanup! http://www.stevengould.org/ Freeware 3.1
EmpTemp http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=1575

These 2 complement CrapCleaner, are free, and don't conflict with each other.

EmpTemp has to be run manually but is not too hard to learn.

Each of the 3 catches stuff that the others miss, no matter which you run first. I run CCleaner, then Cleanup then EmpTemp daily. Hope this helps. Bazza

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Thanks Bazza. Again, you guys are the best!
Al

 

WELCOME to Major Geeks. If it wasn't for the answers I received in Software...my computer would be a big old paperweight on my desk.

Never, ever think a question is Dumb, stupid, etc.
Ask and you shall LEARN!!!
Although I still run IE (not sure why) since you have Netscape and like it, is there a reason you run IE at all since it's giving you problems? You can import your favorites, etc. all to Netscape and use that browser alone.