Re: IE Error Popup

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From: war17 (war_at_nospam.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:16:42 -0800

1. If you have Windows Messenger Service, disable it. The Messenger service
is typically not needed for home users.

Right-click My Computer and click Manage.
Click Services and Applications.
Click Services.
Scroll down to Messenger and right-click.
Stop the Service.
Choose Disable as the Startup Type.
Click OK

2. Use Popup Stopper to get rid of the popups from the Internet.

http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

3. Use the following scanners to find and remove the popup.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

4. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

5. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

6. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked. 

-- 
Warren
For additional help, post in
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInternetExplorerorWindowsME/homepage
"gedman@netzero.net" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:b20501c4078e$88993930$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I am consistanly receiving a popup that states IE has
> found a problem.  It gives the option of sending the
> information or not and then drops me from the site I am
> on.  I have updated my virus scan and installed service
> pack 1 all to no avail.  Any ideas?

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