Right-clicking, etc. attempts to connecting to Internet

[CoolMoD]

I've been trying to solve this problem for months with no luck. Any help
would be appreciated. Here it goes:

Anytime I right-click (alternate-click) a file or icon, the right-click menu
takes 20 - 30 seconds to appear and I notice that the Internet is being
queried. This also happens when I have an Explorer window open and I
left-click on the "File" menu. I'm using a 56K dial-up connection that is
not always connected so this is extremely frustrating. I'm running Windows
ME. I have Zone Alarm Pro and Norton SystemWorks 2003 loaded but can't find
any info on their web sites to indicate that they may be the problem. My
virus defs are up to date and I've also run AdAware 6 and Spybot-Search &
Destroy and have found nothing. Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks

[heirloom]

Just one, CWShredder and HijackThis!, both free......see what they find.
Heirloom, old and maybe

"CoolMoD" > wrote in message
...
> I've been trying to solve this problem for months with no luck. Any help
> would be appreciated. Here it goes:
>
> Anytime I right-click (alternate-click) a file or icon, the right-click
menu
> takes 20 - 30 seconds to appear and I notice that the Internet is being
> queried. This also happens when I have an Explorer window open and I
> left-click on the "File" menu. I'm using a 56K dial-up connection that is
> not always connected so this is extremely frustrating. I'm running
Windows
> ME. I have Zone Alarm Pro and Norton SystemWorks 2003 loaded but can't
find
> any info on their web sites to indicate that they may be the problem. My
> virus defs are up to date and I've also run AdAware 6 and Spybot-Search &
> Destroy and have found nothing. Does anyone have any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
>

[Bill Leary]

"CoolMoD" > wrote in message
> I've been trying to solve this problem for months with no luck. Any help
> would be appreciated. Here it goes:
> ((..omitted..))
> Destroy and have found nothing. Does anyone have any advice?

This sounds a lot like the foul up the January 7-8 Nortons AV certificate
problem caused on almost everyone's system, except that I'd have assumed
you'd have fixed that way WAY back then.

- Bill