Error message: IEXPLORE caused an invalid page fault in module MSVCRT.DLL

[David Baker]

Please can somebody (possibly Frank Saunders or Mike
Maltby) help with this error message when I try and open
most web pages in IE6. When closing the error message box,
IE6 immediately closes. Strangely though, just a few will
open without IE6 closing. If I open Windows Explorer and
type in a URL in the address bar, this changes Explorer
into Internet Explorer and the page can be loaded, but if
a link on that page needs to open another window, it
tries, but I then get a blank second window and the link
address is not loaded. According to the Windows
faultlog.txt the full content of this message is:-

IEXPLORE caused an invalid page fault in
module MSVCRT.DLL at 016f:78003b44.
Registers:
EAX=2f2f0073 CS=016f EIP=78003b44 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000000 SS=0177 ESP=0064bdb8 EBP=0064c14c
ECX=00000000 DS=0177 ESI=0064c1f8 FS=40b7
EDX=7efefeff ES=0177 EDI=0064bf4d GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 01 03 d0 83 f0 ff 33 c2 8b 11 83 c1 04 a9 00
Stack dump:
007702e8 0195cbce 0064bf48 00000000 007702e8 0064c1f8
00000000 00000070 00000000 00000092 7ff214f0 00420000
00000000 0064bf10 0064bf10 0064bf20

I have searched the KB but there doesn't appear to be an
entry that specifically refers to this, but reference is
made to the C++ runtime libraries. I have tried
installing the runtime library for Win98 which appears to
be the only one mentioned, but it doesn't replace
MSVCRT.DLL file.

Situation now desparate!

 

[H Leboeuf]

Have you ruled out parasites.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

If you add http://www in front of the url can you get to the sites?
If yes then it's probably this one. Get the removal tool.

CoolWebSearch - CWS http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
More: Where a removal program is available.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
Direct Download: If the site is not available.
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/cwshredder.zip

 

[Guest]

Hi Henri,
I have tried adding http:// before the web address but the
result is the same. I am wondering if a wrong version of
msvcrt.dll is being used on my machine. According to the
DLL version help it should be 6.0.8397.0 but it is
6.1.8637.0 which is the Windows ME installed. I have also
run Ad-Aware 6 and SpyBot Search & Destroy both with the
latest updates. I originally found the problem after
installing FxMPEG Writer v 8.70, but uninstalling this
didn't improve the situation, nor did a System Restore.