"IE Has Encountered A Problem and Needs To Close"

[BLIMPS]

Sorry if this question has been asked a million times before guys but I only
have limited time on the PC these days so any help much appreciated.

A friends PC when he is just connected to the net comes up with this
message

"Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"

Clicking on the data this error report contains shows this Error Signiture -

App Name: iexplore.exe
AppVer:6.0.2600.0
ModName: winshow.dll
ModVer:1.0.0.6
Offset:0000a95e

Clicking on the technical information about the error report gives -

Well ,a whole lot of figures (which I can post if anyone needs them to help
me get a fix) but below that it informs 'The following files will be
included in the error report'

C:\DOCUME~1Hutchy\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6.tmp.dir00\appcompat.txt

Not to clever on the software side of things so if anybody has a fix keep it
simple please!
Any help much appreciated,

B

 

[Wesley Vogel]

"Iexplore.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" error message
when you try to start Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;831432

Error Message: Internet Explorer Has Encountered a Problem and Needs to
Close (Mshtml.dll)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810887

Error Message: Microsoft Internet Explorer Has Encountered a Problem and
Needs to Close (Pdm.dll)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293623

"Explorer Has Encountered an Error and Needs to Close" Error Message When
you Start Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822797

Error Message in Mfc42.dll Appears When Starting, and then Internet Explorer
Quits
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813181

Web Site Content Is Not Updated or You Receive an Unrecoverable Error in
Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812989

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Winshow is a spyware object, CoolWebSearch variant. Download CoolWebSearch destroyer from here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
[Exe] http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

Manual removal & More Information:
http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/w/winshow.asp
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Winshow.html

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm


Sorry if this question has been asked a million times before guys but I only
have limited time on the PC these days so any help much appreciated.

A friends PC when he is just connected to the net comes up with this
message

"Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"

Clicking on the data this error report contains shows this Error Signiture -

App Name: iexplore.exe
AppVer:6.0.2600.0
ModName: winshow.dll
ModVer:1.0.0.6
Offset:0000a95e

Clicking on the technical information about the error report gives -

Well ,a whole lot of figures (which I can post if anyone needs them to help
me get a fix) but below that it informs 'The following files will be
included in the error report'

C:\DOCUME~1Hutchy\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6.tmp.dir00\appcompat.txt

Not to clever on the software side of things so if anybody has a fix keep it
simple please!
Any help much appreciated,

B

 

[BLIMPS]

"Iexplore.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" error message
when you try to start Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;831432

Hi Wesley, thanks for that, I'll try these tomorrow and let you all know if
I succeeed ;-)

B

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Oops! :-(

 

[Interrogative]

Winshow is a spyware object, CoolWebSearch variant. Download CoolWebSearch
destroyer from here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
[Exe] http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

Seeing you mentioned those two, have you tried Spywarezapper? Trying it for
the first time now. Religiously update Spybot and Adaware and run them and
even after doing that only today, Spywareblaster (still running) says I have
20 new items that neither of the other two picked up. Sounds fishy to me but
wouldn't mind hearing what you have to say, please.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Winshow is a spyware object, CoolWebSearch variant. Download
CoolWebSearch destroyer from here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
[Exe] http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

Seeing you mentioned those two, have you tried Spywarezapper? Trying
it for the first time now. Religiously update Spybot and Adaware and
run them and even after doing that only today, Spywareblaster (still
running) says I have 20 new items that neither of the other two
picked up. Sounds fishy to me but wouldn't mind hearing what you have
to say, please.

Go to: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware]

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Interrogative]

Winshow is a spyware object, CoolWebSearch variant. Download
CoolWebSearch destroyer from here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
[Exe] http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

Seeing you mentioned those two, have you tried Spywarezapper? Trying
it for the first time now. Religiously update Spybot and Adaware and
run them and even after doing that only today, Spywareblaster (still
running) says I have 20 new items that neither of the other two
picked up. Sounds fishy to me but wouldn't mind hearing what you have
to say, please.

Go to: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware]

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"

Thanks for that info. I did scan using it and nothing listed there (about 30
entries) was in any way spyware.