Help IE 6 keeps crashing upon startup

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Reggie

Whenever I try starting up IE 6, I get the following
error. I've been reduced to using netscape to get on the
internet. Thanks.

Error signature

AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName:
ntdll.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.0 Offset: 00001c96


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="INFSW.EXE" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="INFSW.EXE" SIZE="460288"
CHECKSUM="0x85055D83" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32"
PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0"
LINK_DATE="06/17/1996 10:47:22"
UPTO_LINK_DATE="06/17/1996 10:47:22" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll"
FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="930304"
CHECKSUM="0xCBCCF8A9" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows
NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft
Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating
System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32"
LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0"
VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32"
PE_CHECKSUM="0xE7ED3" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001"
UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
LINK_DATE="08/29/2002 10:40:40"
UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/29/2002 10:40:40"
VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>


The instruction at "0x77f532b0" referenced memory
at "0x75532c6d". The memory could not be "read".
 
Reggie,
The ntdll file indicates the winshow parasite.
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Winshow.html

CWShredder from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html should
remove it.

You should follow up with Ad-aware and/or Spybot. You may have
other malware installed.
See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm for more information,
including security tips. And be sure to visit Windows Update:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp for the latest security
updates.

Don
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"Reggie" <electric_postcar[at]msn.com> wrote in message
Whenever I try starting up IE 6, I get the following
error. I've been reduced to using netscape to get on the
internet. Thanks.

Error signature

AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName:
ntdll.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.0 Offset: 00001c96


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="INFSW.EXE" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="INFSW.EXE" SIZE="460288"
CHECKSUM="0x85055D83" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32"
PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0"
LINK_DATE="06/17/1996 10:47:22"
UPTO_LINK_DATE="06/17/1996 10:47:22" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll"
FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="930304"
CHECKSUM="0xCBCCF8A9" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows
NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft
Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating
System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32"
LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0"
VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32"
PE_CHECKSUM="0xE7ED3" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001"
UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106"
LINK_DATE="08/29/2002 10:40:40"
UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/29/2002 10:40:40"
VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>


The instruction at "0x77f532b0" referenced memory
at "0x75532c6d". The memory could not be "read".
 
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