raymont--
Error on Page Assistant from IE
Is that the actual and full error message? I am not familiar with that.
I understand that you are no longer being redirected to Internet Optimizer. Correct?
I am mystified that you cannot access these two websites but can access others. Can you tell us the addresses of these sites?
Or perhaps it is the links that are the problem. What are the URL's of those links?
Do you run a HOSTS file? Not HOSTS.sam, but just HOSTS. If yes, are these URL's in it?
Maybe Internet Optimizer left some traces. Suggest you download, install and run a scan with HiJackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Then do not take action, but rather post the HJT log in the HiJackThis forum on this Board, so more knowledgeable people can offer help.