Duh??
This leads on to the question...
Have you ever reinstalled ME over itself?
If 'Yes' - then was IE6 installed at the time?
If 'Yes' or 'maybe' then you probably have 'Version Soup'
try downloading and installing Belarc Advisor - run it and see what it
reports for the Microsoft Hotfixes.
post back with answers and data - we'll see what we can do.

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> Thanks Noel, just when I complete a virus scan it seems to hang up for a
> while in ie5.