I've TRIED everything... I don't know what else to do. If you know anything about MSN Explorer please help! Or if you can point me in the right direction I'd much APPRECIATE it!

Whenever I try to sign on MSN, it brings up the 'egg-timer' cursor, not allowing me to sign in or click on anything. About 30 minutes later, it lets me click on a unsername, but when it goes to sign in... it says "signing in (attempt 2)". Then after a few minutes of not even attempting to dial, it says that there is no internet connection. But my modem and phone line are working fine.
I read the FAQ and it says to bring up the Installation Wizard and reset my dialing information. So, I do that, and when I'm done... it goes back to the MSN sign-on screen, and does the whole 'egg-timer' cursor for 30 minutes all over again. I have to do this whole process OVER and OVER for about 3 hours before it will finally GET online.
It won't do this when I want to sign on again later.... unless my computer gets shut off or restarts.
If anyone has any help.... I'll love you forever! Could it be some kind of virus or....?? I'm desperate!
Thank you!!!!Do you have Egg Timer installed? Go to Control Panel, Add or REMOVE Programs, and see whether the list of programs INCLUDES Egg Timer.