I am running a vanilla XP Home Edition with a fully patched IE 6 and MS Windows Defender, their new anti-spyware software.

I experienced some timeouts when we were first hacked, but no problems since.

Whether you are experiencing problems or not, I suspect that you are being redirected to free20.com and back very quickly.

If you Google free20.com, you will find that it is a pay for click scam. Since the hack is to the server software, you really can't avoid it.

Your various security software may be preventing you from adverse effects from some of the sites through which you are being directed.