I don't have any 3rd party toolbars installed. In fact, I removed the Google
Toolbar long ago because of the slowdown that it was causing with my IE
browser.

I took took your advice and ran Spybot S&D, and it too -- like all other
tools that I've run -- comes back and says that I am, in fact, CLEAN.

"kermit" wrote:

> What about 3rd party toolbars? Do you have any installed? If so, disable
> all of them and see if your response time improves. I think, given the
> scans and precautions you've listed below, that you're likely virus/malware
> free. Although.... you might try SpyBot and also Hijackthis.
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> Youka wrote:
> > Thanks for the diagnosis. I wasn't sure if this type of behavior
> > (slow startup, then speed up) was considered "normal" for IE -- and
> > it sounds like you're saying that it's NOT.
> >
> > Looks like I'm headed to one of the Hijackthis forums, since . . .
> >
> > I previously ran Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, a-Squared, MSRT and
> > Windows Defender, and a Kapersky Online Scan . . . all of which came
> > back clean. Also, I'm fully patched, and have never been never
> > without a valid A/V subscription (currently Avira).
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