Re: Invisible Pop-Up Crashes IE6

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From: H Leboeuf (NoAddress_at_generation.invalid)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:34:25 -0400

They could very well be 3rd party browser extension.

I know for a fact that Google tool bar is so is Yahoo companion.

You can easily reset them. You must reboot to take effect.
No Market today so it's time to try it.

You can always down load and run AdAware any known culprit will be identify.
Easy to use. But as in any trojan/virus software they must be kept up to
date. 

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Henri Leboeuf
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"tobyz" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3a0e01c42a0f$15701700$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Thank you, H Leboeuf, for your constructive reply.
> Before I disable the option, "Enable 3rd party browser
> extensions", could you provide an example of a valid use
> of 3rd party browser extensions?  What is a third party
> browser extension?  I hate to disable what I might be
> needing in another context, for instance, streaming stock
> quotes from Yahoo's "MarketTracker" or live365.com's
> music player.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
> >Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions
> >
> >If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit
> (s) is/are with
> >these tools.
> >
> >Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
> >http://www.lavasoftusa.com
> >
> >and:
> >
> >SpyBot-S&D
> >http://security.kolla.de/
> >
> >p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.
> >
> >More: This may be caused by a third-party program
> (adware, spyware,
> >parasite).
> >Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up
> to date.
> >Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and
> Search Engines
> >http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> >-- 
> >
> >You may also need this removal tool.
> >CoolWebSearch - CWS
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
> >More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date
> information.
> >http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
> >More: Removal tool:
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
> >
> >Henri Leboeuf
> >Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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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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