IE has performed an illegal operation

[crayola]

Whenever i close IE this window always pops up
"This program has performed an illegal operation and will
be shut down." and the details are as follows:
"IEXPLORE caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 0167:bff87ede.
Registers:
EAX=c00309c4 CS=0167 EIP=bff87ede EFLGS=00010212
EBX=05e2fb1c SS=016f ESP=05d2ff98 EBP=05d30004
ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=81678598 FS=2987
EDX=816785a0 ES=016f EDI=0250e79c GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
53 56 57 8b 30 83 7d 10 01 8b 4e 38 89 4d f8 75
Stack dump: "
I think it has something to do with the driver.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
You're right, you may need to update your video drivers.
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#kernel32
Start at Control Panel> Display> Settings> Advanced for information on your
video adapter/driver including (possibly) a link to the manufacturer's
website.

Or this might be caused by an adware, spyware, parasite program.
See:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Run CWShredder, Ad-aware and Spybot, referenced on that page.

A legitimate program running in the background may be causing this. Disable
(for diagnostic purposes) programs such as pop-up blockers, security,
anti-virus, third party toolbars, etc. Also... notorious for causing
problems- Gator, Kazaa and some others.

Additional information on kernel32 errors at:
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/erriexpl.htm#ERRKERNEL32.DLL
http://aumha.org/win4/a/kernel32.php

Regards,
Don