Smells like you got some kind of internet VD. A lot of malicious shit is coded specifically for IE browsers. I've had my older PC do similar things. A browser hijacker of some kind,... possibly... don't quote me. I used to have SHITLOADS of internet VD on my other machine. I couldn't use Yahoo. I'd have Yahoo as my start page, I could search for something and it would send the first page of 20 results, but if I clicked any of the results, the browser would ALWAYS crash.I guess what this type of "malware" does is prevent you from browsing certain content. Hehe, kinda like the e-mafia. They stand outside the mall with baseball bats guarding the doors and telling everyone, "We don' care where ya shop, buttchya can't shop here, prick!"Try getting a few different antivirus and anti-spyware/malware progs. Run at least 2. Often times one particular AV will miss something that another one will catch.