error loading IE 6.0

[dave p]

Thanks for the help on my last question. I am experiencing
a new problem. I load IE 6.0 - I then get an error report
stating that IE must shut down. I send the error report to
microsoft. I follow the link to microsoft's page, which
says this:

SmartPops Network Essentials was the likely cause of the
error.

This has happened each time. I then restart IE 6.0 and
there's no further problem.

Thing is, I don't have SmartPops Network Essentials on my
PC anywhere. I tried uninstall, I used Find, I manually
searched. Couldn't find it. Any ideas?

THANK YOU!!!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Thanks for the help on my last question. I am experiencing
a new problem. I load IE 6.0 - I then get an error report
stating that IE must shut down. I send the error report to
microsoft. I follow the link to microsoft's page, which
says this:

SmartPops Network Essentials was the likely cause of the
error.

This has happened each time. I then restart IE 6.0 and
there's no further problem.

Thing is, I don't have SmartPops Network Essentials on my
PC anywhere. I tried uninstall, I used Find, I manually
searched. Couldn't find it. Any ideas?

THANK YOU!!!

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, 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 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 trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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