Re: IE Browser Add-ons

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"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eR8kMZKhFHA.576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1) >>Messenger adds a toolbar button to IE's toolbar. When was the last time you used it?<<

If this is in reference to the icon I removed from IE earlier, why is it still listed as “enabled” as an Add-on to IE? Should I disable it?

2) >>Acrobat is for viewing pdf files in IE - this is very likely to crash IE (yet neither crashes if you allow acrobat to open as a standalone application) - I read many PDF files a day..<<

What a coincidence! I just received an error message identifying “Acrobat IE Helper” as the culprit. It read “The instruction at 0x01b0d3d0 referenced memory at 0x01b0d3d0. The memory could not be read. Click OK to terminate the program”. (This is referencing the same location?) So… I disabled Acrobat from the Add-on list. We’ll see what happens. That was my first crash with IE on this machine. I hope I’m not gumming things up here.



3) >>Bad download blocker - Duplicating IE's feature assuming that it does what it name suggests rather than the opposite.<<

I assume this came with the Google Toolbar I downloaded last night. The added ability to block ads while browsing is what sparked my interest to download in the first place. I’ll remove this last if necessary.



4) >>Why do you want a McAfee toolbar. Isn't it intrusive enough already. Do you use it?<<

If the “toolbar” is the McAfee icon in the system tray that leads me to their menu when I click on it, “Yes”, I use it.



5) >>I don't have Java installed and if I do it will be MS's. Can't imagine it does anything useful. Do you use it?<<

I have sites I visit that require Java in order to display technical analysis of stock charts. I assume this is related. IT was probably put there by the StockCharts website. As for Shockwave… I haven’t a clue. I think it has something to do with displaying animated figures that dance around on the ads I don’t want to view. Or perhaps something to do with sound. Should I remove this?



If you’re serious about BHO = CRASH … I should remove 1,2,and 4.

P.S. I've got to leave for a few hours so I won't pick up your replies 'till this evening. I deeply appreciate the help from both of you. Sure hope I haven't screwed this machine up by downloading that Google toolbar. I never had a browser crash involving memory that couldn't be read before... on this machine.



"David Candy" <.> wrote in message news:uBkRY6JhFHA.3936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
No because they are all useless (unless you use it like google). Messenger adds a toolbar button to IE's toolbar. When was the last time you used it? Acrobat is for viewing pdf files in IE - this is very likely to crash IE (yet neither crashes if you allow acrobat to open as a standalone application) - I read many PDF files a day..

Bad download blocker - Duplicating IE's feature assuming that it does what it name suggests rather than the opposite.
Why do you want a McAfee toolbar. Isn't it intrusive enough already. Do you use it?
I don't have Java installed and if I do it will be MS's. Can't imagine it does anything useful. Do you use it?

And I don't have them because I remove them. I like IE not crashing. I often have over 20 windows open and a crash is likely to stop me dead and unable to even remember what I've just lost or able to find it again. Sometimes I keep windows open for weeks. I have a PDF open in acrobat that I opened over a week ago. I stupidly rebooted yesterday and spent over an hour finding my place in this large document. And no I don't read anything about computers.

BHO = CRASH.
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"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uBo8OxJhFHA.3656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I recognize all these as legitimate companies with the exception of numbers
2 and 6. So I should remove 2 and 6?

P.S. Why would you have none and I have as many as I do? Wouldn't you have
something from the Java and Shockwave folks?


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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If you don't recognise it then remove it. I have none. Though I had a site
last week where stupid scripting meant I had to put acrobat back for a few
minutes (done in Acrobat's Preferences)

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"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is it a Messenger Service window? See fig:<<



Unfortunately, I didn’t keep the message. It did NOT look like the one in
your figure. I recognized it as being a common message I receive from time
to time from the Windows XP software informing me of an error it suggests
I
report. Nothing looked strange. It referred me to a Microsoft link that
contained instructions for the problem identified as “The error was likely
caused by Microsoft Internet Explorer”. The heading of the document said
“Microsoft Online Crash Analysis”. Three steps were give for me to analyze
the problem in Safe Mode. I’m sorry I can’t failed to copy the original
message. It did not appear suspicious. I have seen the format several
times
over the year and a half I’ve had this machine.



Can you discern any irregularities from the list I gave?



P.S. The message also began by having me install “XP Service Pack 2” for
Internet Explorer.





"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John,

I got a MS Windows message concerning "possible" trouble with my
browser.


Is it a Messenger Service window? See fig:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/images/msgr_spam_01.jpg

Pls post the exact info that the message contained.

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"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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After reading an article in "Wired" last night, I installed the Google
Toolbar on my Windows 2000 XP HE. I ran Ad-AwareSE and SpyBot. Browsing
seemed to go quicker and smoother. This morning, however, I got a MS
Windows message concerning "possible" trouble with my browser. It
recommended examining my add-ons in IE. I don't have sufficient
knowledge
to recognize what I should and shouldn't have or, more appropriately,
what may be harmful here. I know that those "RealPlayer" programs are
invasive so when I saw that listed, I disabled it. That's all I've
touch.
Could someone please give me advice about the remainder:



1)         AcroIE Obj Class by Adobe - a Browser Helper Object (BHO)

2)         Bad download blocker by Safer Networking Ltd - (BHO) Also,
Not
verified (NV)

3)         Google by Google Inc (NV) - Toolbar

4)         Google Toolbar Helper by Google (NV) - (BHO)

5)         McAfee by McAfee (NV) - Toolbar

6) Research by (nothing) - Browser extension (no file was listed
though)

7)         Shockwave Flash Object by Macromedia - ActiveX control

8)         Sun Java Console by Javasoft/Sun Microsystems - Browser
extension

9)         Windows Manager by (nothing) - Browser extension. No file
listed



I think number 9 may have been written down wrong. It may be "Windows
Messenger". I've seen that crop up in my message tray before. I turned
it
off. It also (an icon) cropped up on the Google toolbar last night. I
removed it. (Could this be why I got an error message this AM?)



Would appreciate general comments and specific references by number as
to
"engage (E)" or disengage (D) each add-on.










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