Problems with Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer

My laptop is using IE6. It does have anti virus and firewall and blocks 
pop-ups. The problem is that each time I go online or restart the laptop, the 
privacy settings in the Internet Options, changes to accept all cookies. And 
it automatically pops up some other website windows even I set those sites to 
be restricted. That happens everytime. I have tried to clean out all browsing 
history and use the spybot.com program to remove the spyware and adware that 
is on the computer. None of this has helped. How can I stop the privacy 
options from changing each time? And yes I change the Internet Options under 
privacy tab to "high" then press "apply" before leaving the
Internet Options. 
Once I go onto the internet...it changes again. Really appreciate your help! 

One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party 
applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These
include 
but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer, 
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee 
VirusScan and/or Antispyware, NOD32, and Zone Alarm (Free, Pro, & Security 
Suite).
-- 
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

hellopoki wrote:
> My laptop is using IE6. It does have anti virus and firewall and blocks
> pop-ups. The problem is that each time I go online or restart the laptop,
> the privacy settings in the Internet Options, changes to accept all
> cookies. And it automatically pops up some other website windows even I 
> set
> those sites to be restricted. That happens everytime. I have tried to 
> clean
> out all browsing history and use the spybot.com program to remove the
> spyware and adware that is on the computer. None of this has helped. How
> can I stop the privacy options from changing each time? And yes I change
> the Internet Options under privacy tab to "high" then press
"apply" before
> leaving the Internet Options. Once I go onto the internet...it changes
> again. Really appreciate your help! Thanks a million! :-) 

So, what should I do? Please advice. Thanks.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party 
> applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking".
These include 
> but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer, 
> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee 
> VirusScan and/or Antispyware, NOD32, and Zone Alarm (Free, Pro, &
Security 
> Suite).
> -- 
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
> 
> hellopoki wrote:
> > My laptop is using IE6. It does have anti virus and firewall and
blocks
> > pop-ups. The problem is that each time I go online or restart the
laptop,
> > the privacy settings in the Internet Options, changes to accept all
> > cookies. And it automatically pops up some other website windows even
I 
> > set
> > those sites to be restricted. That happens everytime. I have tried to

> > clean
> > out all browsing history and use the spybot.com program to remove the
> > spyware and adware that is on the computer. None of this has helped.
How
> > can I stop the privacy options from changing each time? And yes I
change
> > the Internet Options under privacy tab to "high" then press
"apply" before
> > leaving the Internet Options. Once I go onto the internet...it
changes
> > again. Really appreciate your help! Thanks a million! :-) 
> 

Find the application(s) disallowing the change(s) and temporarily disable 
the real-time protection(s) before making the changes.
-- 
~PA Bear

hellopoki wrote:
> So, what should I do? Please advice. Thanks.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
>> applications may be disallowing the change(s) from
"sticking". These
>> include but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
>> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee
>> VirusScan and/or Antispyware, NOD32, and Zone Alarm (Free, Pro, & 
>> Security
>> Suite).
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> hellopoki wrote:
>>> My laptop is using IE6. It does have anti virus and firewall and
blocks
>>> pop-ups. The problem is that each time I go online or restart the 
>>> laptop,
>>> the privacy settings in the Internet Options, changes to accept
all
>>> cookies. And it automatically pops up some other website windows
even I
>>> set
>>> those sites to be restricted. That happens everytime. I have tried
to
>>> clean
>>> out all browsing history and use the spybot.com program to remove
the
>>> spyware and adware that is on the computer. None of this has
helped. How
>>> can I stop the privacy options from changing each time? And yes I
change
>>> the Internet Options under privacy tab to "high" then
press "apply" 
>>> before
>>> leaving the Internet Options. Once I go onto the internet...it
changes
>>> again. Really appreciate your help! Thanks a million! :-)