help?

ok, so my computer's mysterious inability to access msnbc hasn't bothered me. until now.

for some reason, internet explorer crashes every time i try to go there. normally, i simply solve this problem by avoiding msnbc.

but then neil gaiman posted a link to an interview with madeleine l'engle, who ranked as my top numero uno favorite author through pretty much all of elementary school. i want to read it. guess where it's hosted? the click-crash has suddenly become far less innocuous.

so what the hell's the deal? do i have some kind of virus on my computer that hates microsoft? (that'd be hilarious, normally, but i'm annoyed right now...)