Black clock appears surrounded by lower departed corner; Internet Explorer won't nouns?
Not very sure what that clock is - you may post the eyeshade image. Do you find any error messages / pop-ups?
Possibilities:
Infection might be there.
Suggestions:
1.
Insert XP disk.
Goto Command prompt
Type sfc /scannoww
2.
Update your Adware / spybot / anti-virus scanners
Run respectively of them from safe mode
If still you cannot access IE,
Change the user (you can create strange one from control panel / user mgmt) and see if explorer works.
Then repeat the step 1 & 2 from new user.
