1) Norton is quite possibly the source of your problems
2)You almost certainly have a corrupt installation of IE which requires
root-canal work to fix

Such symptoms are frequently the result of mistakenly attempting to
reinstall ME over itself without first reverting back to IE5.5 - the
resulting 'Version Soup' is almost impossible to repair, and the only sure
way known is to completely remove IE and then reinstall whichever version
you require.

Instructions for this process are here
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm

Please post back if you need more details - preferably before attempting the
process!!g

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"jvc" wrote in message
...
Thanx Noel.I did scan with xsoft spy.No spyware was found.You are
right.More
problems after reinstalling.I had to reinstall Norton antivirus.

jvc

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Oh, gawd! "I even reinstalled ME" - is NOT recommended procedure, and
almost
certainly means that you now have more problems than you started with
(especially if you reinstalled from the CD).

Did you also do a check for spyware?
You may already have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/averttools.asp

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"jvc" wrote in message
...
I have been using Windows ME.I was foolish enough to download and open a
crack for zonealarm.When I tried to open the zip file,the computer
froze.It
started working after reboot but is very slow and locks up of&on.I
checked
for virus infection but there was none.What do I do now?I even
reinstalled
ME
but problem persists