Windows 98, IE 5.5.
So, I happened to visit a rather unsavory site. Pop-unders left and right, the stubborn ones that won't close easily, or when they do close, spawn two more, etc.
Anyway, once that hell was over, I realized that I can no longer get images/pics/logos of any kind. Only red x's, all over the place. Damn! <i>I can, however, right-click/show picture. That works.</i>
I've tried Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Multimedia/Show pictures; that was fine.
I deleted all cookies, internet temp files, and history, just in case.
Scanned with Ad-Aware. Okay.
Ran AVG 6.0 Anti-Virus.
Also scanned at
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ . Actually found a little something, and deleted it/rebooted. No change.
<b>edit:</b> Also, Ad-Free was running at the time, and now seems fried. Message reads: "Error appending to your existing HOSTS file: Path/File access error Exiting Ad-Free". Dunno if that helps anything.
So, I'm a moron. Does anyone have an idea as to what I oughta try next? I could really use a hand...