Very Strange...XP Box runs fine except IE crashes

[matt]

weather I try to search, explore, or open up file manager Explorer in
any way I get a little hang then error message that Explorer has
encountered a problem and must shut down then i hit OK ..hangs for a
second I then comes back to life...I cannot explore anything. IE on the
internet dooes the same thing...Netscape works fine...
I have reinstalled IE 6.0
Reinstalled "upgrade" OS over the top still does not fix...this is Strange

THANKS FOR EXPERTISE
Matt

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

weather I try to search, explore, or open up file manager Explorer in
any way I get a little hang then error message that Explorer has
encountered a problem and must shut down then i hit OK ..hangs for a
second I then comes back to life...I cannot explore anything. IE on
the internet dooes the same thing...Netscape works fine...
I have reinstalled IE 6.0
Reinstalled "upgrade" OS over the top still does not fix...this is
Strange
THANKS FOR EXPERTISE
Matt

Open the Internet Options applet in Control Panel
Uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions" on the Advanced tab.
You may also have to set the Home Page to about:blank

Then eliminate any scumware.
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
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ 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.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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