Clicking Links Freezes the Program

[YukonMaster]

Ok, well im using my newish laptop (Acer Aspire 5100) and I go into my Inbox (Microsoft Office Outlook) open my email and click on a web link. WhenI do this nothing happens the Outlook just sits there looking at me and then freezes. I right click on it (on the task bar) and click close and it just closes normally with no error etc. This problem is not isolated within Outlook 2003 but also in MSN Live Messenger I clicked on a link (Learn how to go mobile!) and it froze up also. This has never happened before and I have not switched browsers or anything etc.

System Specs
Windows MCE 2005
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1.6 GHz
120 GB Pata HDD
1GB DDR2
ATI Radeon Express 1100

Any more info on this issue will be give upon request, any info I receive is much appreciated.

YukonMaster

[pam123]

Anything turn up in Event Viewer ?

[YukonMaster]

No recent errors recorded in the event viewer.

YukonMaster

[pam123]

When you control-alt-del is cpu usage at 100% ?

edit : I almost overlooked the obvious, have you scanned for malware ?