Internet Explorer Chokes

[hey_suburbia]

Internet Explorer just pauses for like 20 seconds then loads extremely quick.
It's weird, I tested a download and it went at 124 KB/s, so my cable modem is functioning properly. Has anybody had this problem with IE? I just recently installed Diskeeper and I run it daily, could this have done anything? It's the only thing I can think of that has been installed. I scanned for viruses and found these two, which were deleted by NAV:

W32.Spex.Worm
Trojan.ByteVerify

I also ran Adaware and Spybot, which did turn up some results. Defraged and restarted.

I also wasn't able to launch Opera, it would just freeze my cpu, so I uninstalled it.

Any ideas? It seems to be some sort of internet issue? Just wondering if anybody had any similar situations.....

Thanks.

[zapjb]

You need to disable system restore. Run all those checks again. Make sure your system is clean. Run a registry fixer, I suggest Ace Utilities. Then reenable system restore if you so choose.

[cosmic doobie]

Also try Webroot's Windows Washer and clean the internet cache and history regularly with it.
You can D/L it from Kazaa :P