Re: IE 6.0 crashes when accessing certain sites

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:22:42 -0500

"Monro" <Monro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:852DB85B-4A94-45D6-AE92-B3E7359B449A@microsoft.com
> I am having the same problem. Ever since I loaded SP2, certain sites
> will crash IE. The windows just close by themselves. Others seem
> fine. Sometimes although I can access a site, certain links on a
> page on that site will make it crash. I also can't access a chat
> forum that I previously had no trouble with. I know the sites and
> the chat forum are ok, because I can access them from other computers
> that haven't loaded SP2.

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, 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 with the program's update function
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 nothing there helps, please post back to this thread. 

-- 
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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