Re: [OT] Problems downloading via IE6

["Alan Middleton" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you checked for spyware (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html),
a friend had a very slow network connection that turned out to be a lot of
adware redirecting his dns.

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> Weird one this.....
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> When I go to download any file (iTunes in this case), the PC goes off
and
> tries to do it.  Eventually it comes back with the messages:
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> "Internet Explorer cannot download xxx from xxx.
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> Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site.  The
requested
> site is either unavailable or cannot be found.  Please try again
later."
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> Now the really odd thing is that I know it is downloading the file. 
When I
> try the iTunes download, it takes about 5 mins to return the error
message,
> and during that time there's a lot of network activity.  When I go to
> download.com and find something small, the message appears within a
few
> seconds.
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> This is a bog standard XP Pro PC, with nothing installed other than
iTunes
> and Skype.  Norton Anti Virus is running, but disabling that makes no
> difference, nor does turning off the Windows firewall.  I can still
download
> via iTunes.
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> Any ideas, please??
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> Pete
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