why does ie freeze up so often?

[thomas t]

[Osei]

Is it just ie freezing or the entire pc ? you can try opening task manager and use ie at the same time and you can probably see whats causing the freeze maybe a extension or so best advice use chrome or firefox

[Holey Mufflers]

excessive amounts of generic addons. minor adware infections to more serious type of infections.. temp internet files not routinly purged.
vast amount of other minor and major issues.

lookie here,
https://www.google.com/search?q=slow+ie+...IE-Address
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likely you'll get more specific solutions by prefacing the above search parrameters with the type of computer and operating system employed.