Repetitive Error in IUPDATE.EXE

[Marilyn Sticklor]

My daughter's computer had Windows ME and I installed software to upgrade it
to Windows XP. Now, the computer gets constant error messages which say
that there is an error in IUPDATE.EXE. I uninstalled Internet explorer in
an attempt to eliminate this (she uses netscape) but that doesn't fix the
problems. If we leave the computer on overnight, there are multiple error
messages in the morning. I have run sophos, ad-aware and spybot-but this
does not eliminate the problem and in fact I think the computer had been
receiving these type of "invaders" with greater frequency. Is there any way
of eliminating this? I do not want to wipe out everything on the
harddrive. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[OShah]

My daughter's computer had Windows ME and I installed software to
upgrade it to Windows XP. Now, the computer gets constant error
messages which say that there is an error in IUPDATE.EXE. I
uninstalled Internet explorer in an attempt to eliminate this (she
uses netscape) but that doesn't fix the problems. If we leave the
computer on overnight, there are multiple error messages in the
morning. I have run sophos, ad-aware and spybot-but this does not
eliminate the problem and in fact I think the computer had been
receiving these type of "invaders" with greater frequency. Is there
any way of eliminating this? I do not want to wipe out everything on
the harddrive. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Uninstall and re-install/upgrade sophos antivirus. If there is a problem
removing sophos (particularly if the XP upgrade screwed sophos uninstall),
then contact them for support.

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oshah
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Error Reporting -> Choose Programs
-> Do not report errors for these programs:

Acrobat.exe
waol.exe