For the past 5 DAYS or so, my Internet has been locking up. I use Firefox, but tried it in Internet Explorer and again, same thing.

More specifically, this is what happens:

I go online, go to any page, such as my college's web site, and browse. Then suddenly it'll freeze and say "Not responding" at the top of the page. I wait for about 20 seconds and it will resume as usual. A few minutes later, it'll do the exact same thing over again and this goes on until I close the net.

I've tried EVERYTHING I can think of...virus scanned using 6 different programs, I've tried different wireless networks, nothing works.

Some details...I use Windows XP, I am on a laptop (ASUS A3H, just bought it in May) using wireless (been using it for 3 years), and my ISP is Sympatico.

Can anyone help me figure out why this problem keeps occuring? I am enrolled in an online course at college, so it's pretty important that I can get this working again. Unfortunately, due to it being Thanksgiving today, nobody is open.

Thanks a lot.

What scanners have you used?

What have they found?

Does it happen with other programs as WELL?You mention virus scanning...how about spyware?

One thing you might try is OPENING Task Manager (right-click the task bar and choose Task Manager & open the Processes tab), open your browser, go to a page, then check what's happening in TM.

Alan <>< I've done spyware scanning as well.

The scanners I've used include:

Norton Internet Security 2006 (Found 0 results)
SpyBot: Search & Destroy (Found some tracking cookies which I DELETED)
Swat It! Professional v2.1 (Found 0 results)
Spy Sweeper (Found 0 results)
Spyware Doctor (Found 0 results)
And a few online scanners, one of which I'm using right now, called Kaspersky.

I also used HijackThis! and got a log which I am waiting for it to be analyzed.

I have called my ISP and the place for the router, however no luck. They just told me to DISCONNECT my Internet and reassigned me a new wireless network but the problem still occurs.

And no, it's just the Internet that this happens with. I thought maybe it was my browser at first (Mozilla Firefox), however I tried using IE, and the same problem occurs. No other program (such as Microsoft Word, or even MSN Messenger) gives me this freezing problem, just when I am specifically browsing the Internet.

Oh and say I was on MSN messenger. I'll be talking to a friend, and have Firefox open in the background. Well suddenly it'll freeze on its own. I don't even need to be browsing it for it to freeze.


EDIT: Okay, my one online virus scanner just finished and apparently I got this:

The scan is complete.
Attention, your computer is infected!
The following infected files/objects were found during the scan:

Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.dd

Total number of scanned files: 52427
Number of viruses found: 1
Number of infected objects: 1
Number of suspicious objects: 0
Duration of the scan process: 00:45:32


How do I remove this? Is Norton updated and fully operational?

You should scan in safe mode.

If I were you, I'd try AVG Free, though.