Internet closes on certain attachments

[Jenga]

Depending on what I click on my internet closes down. I can pick some attachments and they open fine but with others the internet just closes. It can be Word Documents or other things on the internet which makes it shut. I think it must be the security settings. I need to know how to change my settings. I am using the basic PC Guard from Virgin now but it started happening last week when I still had PC Norton before it was due to expire last Saturday.

[Jenga]

Re my above posting. I was reading other blogs and saw one where someone suggested using Firefox instead of IE. Well one which kept throwing me out opened fine in Firefox.

I cannot say I like the look of it much. It hasn't got a back button either.

Any idea why my IE has suddenly started acting up. Do I download and update maybe? Or I see fixes on this website to download.

[Jenga]

I might as well give myself my own answers because its me again. Well just gone back into Firefox. I was impressed that it remembered me on this answerbank. I thought I would have to re-register as not being IE.

Well I worked out how to add a back arrow on the toolbar.

The only thing is why I am having problems with my IE. It started happening around Xmas. That is the answer I need please if anybody can help me. If not I will have to use Firefox for problem attachments.