"ddhelp" prgrm crashes IE6?!#*!!

[Guest]

Is this a nugget of virus or spyware or part of IE6? or.....

It pops up and says a fatal error occurred. What is this thing and is it
fixable?

Here is the detail from the pop-up.

DDHELP caused a general protection fault
in module GDI.EXE at 0002:00000027.
Registers:
EAX=02000000 CS=0487 EIP=00000027 EFLGS=00000246
EBX=0000fae2 SS=767f ESP=00008baa EBP=00008bb6
ECX=00000000 DS=0000 ESI=00000000 FS=05ef
EDX=00000200 ES=0000 EDI=000036a0 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 0c 83 c6 0a 89 4e fc 66 8b 7e 0a 66 ba ff ff
Stack dump:
000036a0 05ef364a 29565b9c 1c2f8bc8 0000047f 00000000 17cf0200 8bdc364a
00001b35 02000000 0200364a 00000000 8be60200 364a1aeb 05ef296e 8b7e8c06

By the way I'm running on Windows 98 4.10.2222

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
This could indicate a malware problem. Download and run CWShredder,
Ad-aware, Spybot (in that order.)
See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Also note the security tips and other important information on that page.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
More security tips at http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

If unsuccessful with those programs, you may have to post a HijackThis log
to one of the forums listed below. You will receive good help at any of
these forums. You might look for a forum that doesn't have too many
unanswered posts. You should also look for the proper forum for HijackThis
logs and a message along the lines of "Important- Read This First."

HijackThis instructions and download:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe
(Additional information and warnings)
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.php#hjt

Forums:
http://forum.mvps.org/ Excellent help- low traffic. Visit
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=4075 before posting the log.

http://castlecops.com/forums.html
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://tomcoyote.com/forums/
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Or... you may need to update your video driver. See this article:
286006- Games Error Message Ddhelp Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
Gdi.exe: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286006/

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]