Recently my Internet Explorer keeps going into "is not responding" mode and instead of fixing itself, restarting or closing, it just crashes.

Its now doing it 2-3 times a day and the only way to remove the page is completly shut down my laptop (restart does not work).

Does anybody know what I can do to fix this? Is there an Internet Explorer update due anytime?

Thanks

PS, I know jack shit about the tech side of computers so please dont go too technical