If you've noticed that scrolling is really slow or sometimes when you are typing on eBay, it seems to take forever, you may have an issue with Internet Explorer. Please try the following fix. Many thanks to rockboss2000 and osfd442 who posted these initially. - techies@ebay.com osfd442 (136 )(view author's auctions) 08/08/03 7:05 AM I have been having the same problems like everyone else with the page loading slow and not being able to sell an item and not being able to scroll down the page without the page "jerking" This is what I did and it worked for me On the IE6.0 go to Tools,Internet options, then click on the Accessibility tab near the bottom then make sure the box where it says "Format documents using my style sheet is UNCHECKED. Thats all I did and it worked. Hope this helps everyone out. rockboss2000 (0 )(view author's auctions) 08/08/03 11:37 PM (# 5 of 18) This is known as a CSS Hijack and is accomplished by placing JavaScript within a Cascading Style Sheet file, then changing Internet Explorer's "Accessibility" options to force it to use that particular CSS file. When properly coded, the JavaScript utilizes an obscure MicroSoft CSS extension to create a popup window(s).

For some reason this recent CSS Hijack menace has been placing the popup window(s) off-screen... If your computer monitor is just below your eye level, drop your right arm to your side, raise your palm parallel to your seat and with your index finger point in the direction you are facing... Just about where your finger tip points is the virtual location of the popup(s), viewable if you had enough pixels in your monitor.

The extension is called and the popup window(s) is created when the victim begins to type into a form on a web page. This causes the computer to slow down quite visibly as the popup(s) is being created offscreen. The exact purpose of the off-screen window(s) is unknown at this time.

The above post with the recommended action to take in order to disable this CSS Hijack is eBay's and is quite inadequate. The tech department has left out some crucial information:

1.) When unchecking "Format documents using my style sheet" you should examine the path of the *.css file for manual removal. (There are at least three3 possible file names: my.css, default.css, and system.css.)

2.) The recent variants of this CSS Hijack place an executable file (bootconf.exe) and create a StartUp entry to load the exe when Windows is started. This executable file and its StartUp entry will need to be removed.

3.) Some of these variants are now placing their "clients/advertisers" within the "Trusted Sites" zone of Internet Explorer and manual removal is a must in case you should encounter their pages that may contain other forms of malware.

4.) If you have one form of scumware on your machine, there is a very great possiblity that you have a few others lurking in other files and programs. The least offensive can annoy you with popups, browser redirects, and drain system resources... The worst can transmit every keystroke you make back to the controlling server.

Give the above serious consideration and if you are concerned please download parasite detection and removal tools like Ad-Aware and SpyBot (both offer FREE personal versions of their software)... Keep them up-to-date and run regular scans on your system.

Good Luck