The antivirus virus will try to disable Windows communicating with the outside world by enabling the proxy service. There are two ways to disable it: Internet Explorer -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Connection -> LAN Connection or you can get to the same Internet Options from Control Panel. Yeesh. http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-45192-internet-explorer-cannot-display-the-webpage
For normal websites like MSN.com. It wasn’t Tools -> Internet Options -> Colors; those were all set correctly. Installing Google Chrome appeared to work fine, but then certain websites weren’t behaving correctly (due to their poor programming), so another solution was needed. It turns out that the High Contrast option was checked under Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Display and that solved the whole problem. Weird way of dealing with contrast, Microsoft, but at least the forums of the web saved me. Yeesh. Helpful links: Windows XP: High Contrast: Choose a High Contrast Color Combination to Improve Screen Resolution Corrupt and missing images in IE, Firefox and throughout the OS Missing Web Page Colors – D-A-L Computer Help – solution is here, the post by cooper1111 Google Search Terms: firefox internet explorer missing colors related:www.windowsbbs.com/windows-xp/65674-corrupt-missing-images-ie-firefox-throughout-os.html firefox internet explorer missing colors