Re: IE Problem & Search.exe
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/07/04
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 13:27:15 -0600
"Laura" <lbstadler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> My IE is crashing very often and I do not know why. I start the the
> browser and then it opens but then seconds after I get a my peeling
> banana (hour glass basically) and then it freezes. I have to close it
> and then I get the Not Responding message. I can open new browsers
> and it works fine but crashes quite often.
>
> Also, i have this active-max thing that has integrated itself into
> the IE browser. It pops up this annoying search engine at the bottom
> of the browser that I have to close and also has built in extra
> channels on the top. It is Search The Web I think at
> http://srch.lop.com/. How can i get rid of this???? It also launches
> a search bar upon start-up.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!!!!!
First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.
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