IE Problem & Search.exe

[Guest]

Hi

My IE is crashing very often and I do not know why. I start the the browser and then it opens but then seconds after I get a my peeling banana (hour glass basically) and then it freezes. I have to close it and then I get the Not Responding message. I can open new browsers and it works fine but crashes quite often

Also, i have this active-max thing that has integrated itself into the IE browser. It pops up this annoying search engine at the bottom of the browser that I have to close and also has built in extra channels on the top. It is Search The Web I think at http://srch.lop.com/. How can i get rid of this???? It also launches a search bar upon start-up.

Thanks in advance for your help!!!!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Hi,

My IE is crashing very often and I do not know why. I start the the
browser and then it opens but then seconds after I get a my peeling
banana (hour glass basically) and then it freezes. I have to close it
and then I get the Not Responding message. I can open new browsers
and it works fine but crashes quite often.

Also, i have this active-max thing that has integrated itself into
the IE browser. It pops up this annoying search engine at the bottom
of the browser that I have to close and also has built in extra
channels on the top. It is Search The Web I think at
http://srch.lop.com/. How can i get rid of this???? It also launches
a search bar upon start-up.

Thanks in advance for your help!!!!!

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.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[ben]

spybot search and destroy at safer-networking.org or if
your browser hijacker will not let you go to it ..use
another machine and burn it to cd,,install and then update
or scan.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

My IE is crashing very often and I do not know why. I

start the the browser and then it opens but then seconds
after I get a my peeling banana (hour glass basically) and
then it freezes. I have to close it and then I get the Not
Responding message. I can open new browsers and it works
fine but crashes quite often.

Also, i have this active-max thing that has integrated

itself into the IE browser. It pops up this annoying search
engine at the bottom of the browser that I have to close
and also has built in extra channels on the top. It is
Search The Web I think at http://srch.lop.com/. How can i
get rid of this???? It also launches a search bar upon
start-up.

 

[Penna Elabi]

i have this active-max thing that has integrated itself into
the IE browser. It pops up this annoying search engine at
the bottom of the browser that I have to close and also
has built in extra channels on the top. It is Search The
Web I think at http://srch.lop.com/. How can i get rid
of this????

You have probably inadvertently downloaded and installed adware,
spyware, parasite, trojan or a browser hijacker from some web site:

http://www.geocities.com/googlepubsupgenfaq/#redirectedspyware