IE 6 instantly freezes, shuts down after opening...

[Guest]

My Internet Explorer immediately freezes or shuts down and generates an error
report after the December 2005 automatic update - I have an old Dell with
Microsoft XP.

I am technically pretty stupid. Please help. I just want the internet to work.

 

[Galen]

In Helpme <[email protected]> had this to say:

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My Internet Explorer immediately freezes or shuts down and generates
an error report after the December 2005 automatic update - I have an
old Dell with Microsoft XP.

I am technically pretty stupid. Please help. I just want the internet
to work.

Hmm... Is that really what you meant to say? Are you technically pretty
stupid or are you technically pretty stupid about technology? <g> No
worries... I'd first suspect malware:

Malware Cleaning:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

After that look for poorly coded plug-ins.

BHODemon 2.0:
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm

One thing to note is that you'll be able to boot to safe mode without
networking, load IE - it will complain about not connecting - and from there
you can probably go ahead and see what plug-ins are enabled or you can just
use the above application...

Finally...

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[PA Bear]

Odd browser problems occur after installing Security Update Q905915?
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/905915.htm

IE December Security Update - addressing scattered reports of odd browser
behavior
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/12/16/504864.aspx