IE program does not open

[Guest]

All of a sudden, whenever I click on any shortcut or go to the program
itself, IE will not open. The hourglass icon appears then disappears. I have
scanned my system with latgest McAfee, PestPatrol and SpyHunter and they
report no viruses nor Trojans nor Adware nor Hijackers. I have SBC Yahoo DSL
and that browser window opens, but I prefer IE - it's less clutterred. I run
Windows XP Pro, but I have not rec'd the latest patch. Any suggestions?

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
This might be caused by malware that those programs didn't find. Try
CWShredder followed by Ad-Aware. See
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Also note the security tips on that
page.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
More security tips at http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

A repair/reinstall of IE may help. See
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm >>> Tip #12

Hope this helps,
Don

 

[Don Varnau]

Steve,
Try...
From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third party
browser extensions." If that allows IE to open, another program is causing
the problem.

You just have to find the offender ;-) It may be a legitimate program such
as AV, ad-blocker, security, etc.

See if BHO Demon from http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm finds
anything suspicious.

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

Don:
I have tried a re-install, but that did not help. I went to CWShredder - I
had an older version - and when I went to update it to a current version, I
was unable to navigate to it. I went to it directly by typing in the URL adn
downloaded the latest version. When I ran it, my system was clean - no
evidence of problems. However, when I clicked on the link for prevention
choices, (there were 3), none would load. The hourglass appeared briefly then
stopped and nothing happened.

I also went into the Internet Options from the Ctrl Pannel and made your
suggested changes - only one was necessary(Navigate across...) and rebooted.

But th eproblem remains. I will onctinue to try your other suggestions and
report back to the Newsgroup as to my success or lack thereof.

suggestions?

 

[Guest]

It's fixed, but I am not sure why or how. I wish I could point to a
particular solution.
I downloaded MS Baseline Security Analyzer and ran it. I had critical
updates to download: MS03-008, MS03-030, MS03-051, MS04-016, MSXML 3.0 and
MSXML 4.0. Some of these took and some did not, because after installing them
I ran the MS Baasic Security Analyzer again (after rebooting) and the
problems remained.

I went to http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm and tried their repairs. I
found several Ad-Ware pgms. I deleted them but teh problem remained. I
rebooted and still had the problem. Then I left the computer and ran some
errands. When I returned a few hours later - the computer was running all
that time, the problem was fixed.

I must have done something in the last few fixes from http://www.aunha.org
that didn the trick.

Thank you for your help.
Steve

Steve,
Try...
From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third party
browser extensions." If that allows IE to open, another program is causing
the problem.

You just have to find the offender ;-) It may be a legitimate program such
as AV, ad-blocker, security, etc.

See if BHO Demon from http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm finds
anything suspicious.

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

Don:
I have tried a re-install, but that did not help. I went to CWShredder - I
had an older version - and when I went to update it to a current version, I
was unable to navigate to it. I went to it directly by typing in the URL adn
downloaded the latest version. When I ran it, my system was clean - no
evidence of problems. However, when I clicked on the link for prevention
choices, (there were 3), none would load. The hourglass appeared briefly then
stopped and nothing happened.

I also went into the Internet Options from the Ctrl Pannel and made your
suggested changes - only one was necessary(Navigate across...) and rebooted.

But th eproblem remains. I will onctinue to try your other suggestions and
report back to the Newsgroup as to my success or lack thereof.

Hi,
This might be caused by malware that those programs didn't find. Try
CWShredder followed by Ad-Aware. See
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Also note the security tips on that
page.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
More security tips at http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

A repair/reinstall of IE may help. See
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm >>> Tip #12

Hope this helps,
Don

"Steve W" <Steve W[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
All of a sudden, whenever I click on any shortcut or go to the program
itself, IE will not open. The hourglass icon appears then disappears. I
have
scanned my system with latgest McAfee, PestPatrol and SpyHunter and they
report no viruses nor Trojans nor Adware nor Hijackers. I have SBC Yahoo
DSL
and that browser window opens, but I prefer IE - it's less clutterred. I
run
Windows XP Pro, but I have not rec'd the latest patch. Any

suggestions?