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IE; Google Chrome & Firefox - freeze after period of inactivity

I have a friend that I am helping to troubleshoot the following issue - she has a Windows 7 PC and all is working fine except when has IE open (also happens in Google Chrome & Firefox) - after a period of inactivity - usually exceeding 15-20 minutes, she returns to her PC to find that IE is frozen -- my understanding is she reboots to get it working again.  She is using a wired connection to her modem.  I don't think her other applications freeze (only her internet connection) - so even though IE is frozen, she can still open Word or Excel for example.  Any insight you could provide would be appreciated.  Thank you.
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Don't use IE -- easy!
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That would be good except that it freezes in the other browsers as well!
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Thanks for your assistance - I am going to try both of these solutions and hopefully one of them will work.