IE crashing - ?

[Steve]

Using XP Home with IE6. Every so often, usually with several IE
windows open, I'll get a message from my AutoSave backup program that
says it has "detected the start of a new program installation from
\windows\system32\dllcache\setup.exe"

Then, a few seconds later, I'll get a message from IE that it has
encountered a problem and needs to close. So I shut down IE, then
restart it, and everything works normally again.

Any idea what might be going on? Thanks!

 

[Twostep]

you need to remove spyware...

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Using XP Home with IE6. Every so often, usually with several IE
windows open, I'll get a message from my AutoSave backup program that
says it has "detected the start of a new program installation from
\windows\system32\dllcache\setup.exe"

Then, a few seconds later, I'll get a message from IE that it has
encountered a problem and needs to close. So I shut down IE, then
restart it, and everything works normally again.

Any idea what might be going on? Thanks!

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, 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 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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[Steve]

you need to remove spyware...

I ran SpyBot (after first updating it), found nothing...

 

[Steve]

First eliminate any scumware.
Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated 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.

I've run the scumware checkers and cwshredder, checked the parasites
page and got message: "Your browser has been checked for parasites.
None were found." Posted the HijackThis log but never received any
response. The problem is still occurring, at random times, usually
after opening several IE windows.