Re: IE stops when going into some sites including Yahoo mail

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:33:50 -0600

"Cindy" <Cindy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:442DE2BA-56A7-46AB-AABC-490DD709198E@microsoft.com
> If anyone can tell me if a fix is available for this, I would be
> grateful.
>
> When I go into IE, is some sites, when I'm doing some kind of search
> or link, I get the message "Internet Explorer has encountered a
> problem and needs to close". When I go to see more details, the
> information is as follows:
> AppName: iexplore.exe
> Mod Ver 6.0.2900.252?
> AppVer: 6.02900.2180
> Offset 00002?7
> Mod Name: mshtml.dll
> (?=can't read number on screen print)
> I had windows xp 6.0 sp1. This just started to occur a week ago.
> Thought I had a virus or something (no antivirus software).
> Installed Norton and ran it. Found something and cleaned it up. Ran
> AdAware. Also upgraded to SP2. Problem still
> occurs.
>
> Thanks
> Cindy

SP2 is much more sensitive to malware.
CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

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://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 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.

See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread. 

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