I am running WinXP Home Ed. with IE 7

Just recently this has been happening. When I am at a website and I click on a hyperlink to take me to another site.............I am stuck where I was and I see a red circle with the prohibited line through it.

Could this be a bug or spywear of some sort? I regularly run SpySweeper at least once a week.

Appreciate any suggestions

Thanks,

HeadRanger George in San Francisco

This appears to be a security issue... Go to TOOLS ----> Internet Options ----> Security

Select Internet and Custom Level --- Your level should be set to medium -- Ok

Maybe there is some other reason with security not allowing you to access sites

Where do you see the circle on the screen?? And does it say anything when put your mouse cursor over it?