IE auto-closing/no favorites

[Guest]

Very odd behavior today that I've never seen before (no updates or parameter
changes in the past 24 hours, and it wasn't happening yesterday.)
1) when I open an IE window, approximately 7 of 10 times today, the window
has automatically closed. I click on the "send error message to Microsoft"
button to help diagnose, but there's no indication what's caused the error.
This has happened when I directly enter into the IE bar a specific website.
Has happened on both regularly-and irregularly-used sites.
2) when I click on one of my "favorites", I get the above-mentioned "IE has
experienced an error; do you wish to send a message to Microsoft message."
In approximately 10 attempts today (all different websites that I've
designated as favorites) I haven't been able to log in once.

I'm running Windows XP SP2, IE 6 SP1 (and went to the Windows Update center
today to make sure I'm not missing anything--they say I'm up to date).

Any suggestions?????

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Very odd behavior today that I've never seen before (no updates or
parameter changes in the past 24 hours, and it wasn't happening
yesterday.) 1) when I open an IE window, approximately 7 of 10 times
today, the window has automatically closed. I click on the "send
error message to Microsoft" button to help diagnose, but there's no
indication what's caused the error. This has happened when I directly
enter into the IE bar a specific website. Has happened on both
regularly-and irregularly-used sites. 2) when I click on one of my
"favorites", I get the above-mentioned "IE has experienced an error;
do you wish to send a message to Microsoft message." In approximately
10 attempts today (all different websites that I've designated as
favorites) I haven't been able to log in once.

I'm running Windows XP SP2, IE 6 SP1 (and went to the Windows Update
center today to make sure I'm not missing anything--they say I'm up
to date).

Any suggestions?????

You are probably infested with malware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
(http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

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