IE virus wtfvs

Hey guys I had an old laptop running XP Pro. A couple of weeks ago, every time I would connect to the internet via DSL or wireless, the hard drive light would come on - as if it were writing something to the hard drive. It would cause IE to run slower than dial-up. I looked in task manager and although the CPU usage was high, there didn't seem to be a process listed that was using it. I used LavaSoft Adaware to scan on a regular basis as well as Norton 2005. I eventually gave up and bought a new laptop (Vista Home), which now has the same problem. It is obviously related to something that I copied over to the new computer from the old computer. But the things is, Norton Internet security isn't picking up a virus. I used it to scan everything before copying it on to the new computer. Has anyone heard of such a thing or had the same problem? I'd much rather be able to find and remove the problem rather than restore.

Thanks!

You might try another anti-virus program - I use AVG from free.grisoft.com.

You might also check Start - Run and enter msconfig in the box, then Enter. Click on the Startup tab to see what programs run on startup. Might be some updater or something that isn't operating properly.

The real clue, though is the fact that your new computer does the same thing. What did you 'copy over' from the old one?