Browser Window disappears after site has loaded

[Hans Mosberg]

As of yesterday, IE6 (on WinXpPro - all current updates) started to behave
strangely: Whenever a website had completed to download (i.e. whenever the
"Done" would be expected in the lower left corner), the browser just closes,
including secondary windows (if they had been automatically opened during
website download).
This drove me nuts, reboot wouldn't help, nor any other kneejerk measures.
Finally, I turned off "enable third party browser extensions" (Internet
Options > Internet Properties > Advanced), which - to my surprise -
corrected this odd behavior.

However, I would like to have my Google toolbar back - which requires
reenabling third party browser extensions - and which takes me back to the
browser closing spontaneously after completing to load any website.

What is going on here, and how can I purge all browser extension that may
have installed into IE6, to start with a "clean slate", so that the Google
tool bar may be reenabled?

Your help is much appreciated!

PS: pls. CC my email below!

Cheers,
Hans Mosberg

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Don Varnau]

Hans,
Since disabling browser extensions helped, you probably have malware running
(spyware, adware, parasites.) Remove it, and you can use the google toolbar
again.

Work through the solutions (CWShredder, Ad-aware, Spybot) at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Also note the security tips on that
page.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

Don