Iexplore randomly freezes

[Guest]

I'm running Internet Explorer 6 on Windows Me, and in the past few months
I've started having more problems with freezing. Other problems--Outlook
Express, for instance--are unaffected, but for no apparent reason my web page
(or pages, sometimes) will randomly freeze and will respond to nothing. If I
try Ctrl - Alt - Del, it will say that Iexplore is not responding; if I try
to force it to close, nothing happens, and when I do Ctrl - Alt - Del again I
get a Blue Screen of Death. After that there's no choice but to restart.
Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I'm running Internet Explorer 6 on Windows Me, and in the past few
months I've started having more problems with freezing. Other
problems--Outlook Express, for instance--are unaffected, but for no
apparent reason my web page (or pages, sometimes) will randomly
freeze and will respond to nothing. If I try Ctrl - Alt - Del, it
will say that Iexplore is not responding; if I try to force it to
close, nothing happens, and when I do Ctrl - Alt - Del again I get a
Blue Screen of Death. After that there's no choice but to restart.
Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks!

First eliminate any scumware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, 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 with the program's update function
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 or
http://forum.aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 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.


See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

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

 

[cpurvis3]

I've just recovered from a very similiar problem. The apparent culprit
was the dreaded VSDATA95 dll which was getting hosed from a conflict
between ZoneAlarm and a recent reinstall of my Windows 98. The
solution was explained here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q297725

1.) Uninstall ZoneAlarm
2.) Get IE back to norm - may need to add recent updates: see
http://www.eu.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/default.mspx
3.) Reinstall ZoneAlarm

Maybe your problem is something like this?!