Computer Locks up when using Yahoo mail

My computer locks up everytime I log into Yahoo mail. A little colored pinwheel comes on and I have to do a force quit on Explorer. This has going on for about 6 months now, and is really irritating. Anyone else having this problem? Any fixes?

1Quickgn....
If you don't have it, you will have to download and install.....you set it up just like you set up Explorer or Safari !!!
In Fact once FireFox is installed... a dialog will appear asking if you want to use Fire Fox as you browser
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# The browser will not respond to any controls. I can do nothing with the keyboard or mouse. No menu will open. This has never ended by itself.
# Task Manager reports the immediate drop of network activity to zero -- nothing going on over the phone line -- or so Windows thinks. Disconnecting the phone line does not release the browser or lower its CPU use.
# A few times the entire computer has locked. I have only been able to get out of it with the hardware reset button.
# Sometimes Firefox is totally unresponsive itself but I can cancel it via Task Manager.
# Sometimes the one and only thing in Firefox that responds is the "X" in the upper right hand corner. The browser screen disappears immediately.
# BUT, Task Manager shows the process firefox.exe*32 still running at 25% CPU. I can end said process with Task Manager, whereby CPU usage immediately drops to 0%, or somewhere close.
# Whatever is going on through Firefox prevents me from doing what I want -- and it seems probable that IT is doing something I don't want done, although I have not yet seen symptoms of that.
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