Re: Invisible Pop-Up Crashes IE6

From: H Leboeuf (NoAddress_at_generation.invalid)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:25:00 -0400

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Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

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"tobyz" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1d3a01c42717$adeba850$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I used to be frustrated by constant pop-up ads.  Thanks
> to Spybot and Google's pop-up blocker (3152 blocked), I
> have the problem 98% solved.
>
> However, now there's a new variant, an invisible pop-up
> that freezes my computer.  The window never visually
> opens.
>
> In the window tabs at the bottom of the screen, a new tab
> appears, titled "Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by
> Comcast High-Speed Internet".  This is normally the
> second of two parts to a window title, the first part
> being the actual page title, e.g., "Community
> Newsgroups".  The first part is missing.
>
> Also, the IE application icon is altered.  IE normally
> shows an "e" superimposed over a page outline.  The
> invisible pop-up icon does not have the page outline
> behind the "e".
>
> I can not simply close the pop-up window.  When I close
> (by right-click on the window tab), all my open IE6
> windows close with it and a 'crash' window appears so
> that I can report this to Microsoft.
>
> The invisible pop-up freezes my computer.  Windows Task
> Manager shows that 'iexplore.exe' is grabbing 96%-98% of
> my total CPU resource.  Nothing else can compete.  When I
> close the pop-up and thus crash IE6, my CPU usage returns
> to normal.  I can work in other applications and can open
> IE6 again.
>
> IE6 will run normally anywhere from 3 to 90 minutes
> (usually on the shorter side) before the next invisible
> pop-up appears.  As far as I can recall, the invisible
> pop-up arises when I click on a link to open another
> window.  The desired window stalls before opening, and a
> tab for the invisible window opens int the window tab
> tray a minute or so later.  As well as I can remember,
> the invisible window does not spontaneously appear (as
> normal pop-ups would) when I am just reading a page,
> though I can't swear that it has never happened that way.
>
> Is this scenario familiar to anyone?  What causes this
> problem?  How is it fixed?

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