Buggy IE behavior

[Nebulon]

Which is really odd, since I don't even *use* IE except for windoze
update.

The symptom: purple gaudy dialog boxes about scripting errors,
purporting to be from IE. They started a few months ago, a pair
immediately after each reboot, apparently associated somehow with Yahoo
Instant Messenger (the same color scheme appears on its daily-news
window, which pops up on system startup). This despite Firefox being
system browser selected.

Recently, they began popping up sometimes mid-session, generally
stealing the focus and otherwise being a nuisance.

Since the update package that included IE 7, they've become still more
common. I just had about eight or nine to dismiss at once, mid-session.

Why is IE even running, when I have Firefox set as the default browser
and I'm not using Windoze Update?

Is there a known fix or workaround for this? Should I roll back the IE
7 update?

System tested clean of viruses and spyware within the past 24 hours, so
I doubt it's a symptom of malware; just a bug somewhere.

Hardware is spectacularly stable and non-flaky, too. (Things like
prime95 run without any abnormalities detected. Blue screens largely
nonexistent, except if I've just been installing drivers/hardware and
goofed. The only reason to even reboot is Explorer bloating and leaking
window handles as it does.)

 

[Malke]

Which is really odd, since I don't even *use* IE except for windoze
update.

The symptom: purple gaudy dialog boxes about scripting errors,
purporting to be from IE. They started a few months ago, a pair
immediately after each reboot, apparently associated somehow with
Yahoo Instant Messenger (the same color scheme appears on its
daily-news window, which pops up on system startup). This despite
Firefox being system browser selected.

Recently, they began popping up sometimes mid-session, generally
stealing the focus and otherwise being a nuisance.

Since the update package that included IE 7, they've become still more
common. I just had about eight or nine to dismiss at once,
mid-session.

Why is IE even running, when I have Firefox set as the default browser
and I'm not using Windoze Update?

Is there a known fix or workaround for this? Should I roll back the IE
7 update?

System tested clean of viruses and spyware within the past 24 hours,
so I doubt it's a symptom of malware; just a bug somewhere.

Hardware is spectacularly stable and non-flaky, too. (Things like
prime95 run without any abnormalities detected. Blue screens largely
nonexistent, except if I've just been installing drivers/hardware and
goofed. The only reason to even reboot is Explorer bloating and
leaking window handles as it does.)

1. There is no operating system called "windoze". If you don't like
Windows, don't use it. There is no reason to be discourteous in the
newsgroups hosted on Microsoft servers.

2. Please review these steps for removing malware and see if you
followed similar procedures. If you did, then you can be pretty sure
your computer is virus/malware-free. If you didn't, then please go
through the steps to ensure you have a clean base system. Do not skip
the preparatory/finishing work.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

3. Uninstall the Yahoo Toolbar.

4. Any further questions specifically regarding IE7 should be posted to
the IE7 newsgroup, not here. The IE7 newsgroup is:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Malke

 

[Nebulon]

3. Uninstall the Yahoo Toolbar.

Done (vacuously) -- it was never installed (only the instant
messenger); add/remove shows nothing by Yahoo except the messenger.

4. Any further questions specifically regarding IE7 should be posted to
the IE7 newsgroup, not here. The IE7 newsgroup is:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

This behavior predates the upgrade. The upgrade *may* have made it
worse.