Problem! Internet page flashes and then goes directly to a download page.

[zach383z]

Hi everyone,

I am using an older IBM laptop with windows 98. This is my car tuning laptop so I dont really care to update it at all. I do need internet access on it though. This laptop is basically bare with software since it was restored to its original state...

Today I started it up and successfully got on the internet for a while then left and when I came back, I tried to get on the internet but it is now acting crazy. When I click to go to IE, it flashes the web page and I can see it say web site found waiting for reply and all that jazz. But right when it says that, I get a page that pops up as a file download to either open or save to my computer. I cannot even access the page to go to internet options and change the homepage or anything.

I have done a full virus scan along with a spyware/adware scan and no viruses and like 18 objects in the spyware... Still doesnt work.

I am hooked up through cable modem to a belkin wireless router then hardwiring this laptop throught the wireless router ports.

Any help would be awesome, it is just baffling me since it worked about an hour before the problem.

Thanks, Zach

 

[liam_w_99]

Have you tried re-installing IE? Try and download it onto another computer and transfer it over to re-install. Even better, try another browser like Firefox