IE will not open certain hyperlinks

[MajorSparky]

Can someone help me with this Internet Explorer problem.

When using IE in Windows 7, I cannot open certain links on certain websites. For example, when opening googlemail, the mail inbox opens alright, but then selecting the calendar opens a new tab but nothing loads in that tab (`connecting...' appears in the tab, but nothing else happens). Similarly, when inputting data to sell an item on ebay, clicking on a `load photograph' button (which should open a `browse' button) does nothing.
In an effort to solve this, I have tried the following, all without success:-
1) restarting windows
2) removing IE9 and reverting to IE8
3) starting IE with `no addons'
4) deleting all cookies, history, cache etc
5) removing all toolbars
6) running a virus/malware/registry scan
7) restoring to an earlier date (unfortunately only one week previously is possible)

I have tried Firefox and Chrome, and with both the abovementioned links work without problems.

Any suggestions (apart from the obvious one of dumping IE) would be welcome.

[icecube]

Hi MajorSparky

Usually if Firefox works and IE doesn't, its a good sign that you have some malware running amok

Download Malwarebytes and run it, here is a link say no to the full version and do the updates and run it without rebooting.