So I just installed a Fresh copy of Win 7 x64 RTM, and after I installed spybot, IE8 has developed a problem where it wont load links opened in new tab or new window. A blank window or blank tab will open, and logo will keep spinning and spinning, and it will never load. Also, the address bar stays blank/grayed out. Upon pressing "Stop" button, the address bar will populate with the URL, and pressing refresh will open the page.
Disabling Spybot addons does not seem to fix it, neither does unistalling spybot.