IE shutdown

[Hobo]

A couple of days ago, my computer started rebooting
itself down whenever I opened IE6.0. I use an ADSL
connection, and am able to access my e-mail, and I can do
online banking from within Quicken, with no problems.
Occasionally I can glimpse a short eror message before
the reboot starts.

Anyone have any ideas?

HELP!!!!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

A couple of days ago, my computer started rebooting
itself down whenever I opened IE6.0. I use an ADSL
connection, and am able to access my e-mail, and I can do
online banking from within Quicken, with no problems.
Occasionally I can glimpse a short eror message before
the reboot starts.

Anyone have any ideas?

HELP!!!!

Open the Internet Options applet in Control Panel
Uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions" on the Advanced tab.
Also, set your Home Page to about:blank

Then 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
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[Hobo]

Thanks for the advice.

The first part of your suggestion did not help, however,
when I UPDATED the Spy-Bot and AdAware programs, they
both found a bunch more scumware that was hiding on my
system. After running them both, my IE now works like a
charm.

I also d/led a bunch of the utilities you referred to.

Thank You.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Thanks for the advice.

The first part of your suggestion did not help, however,
when I UPDATED the Spy-Bot and AdAware programs, they
both found a bunch more scumware that was hiding on my
system. After running them both, my IE now works like a
charm.

I also d/led a bunch of the utilities you referred to.

Thank You.

Thanks for the feedback.

--
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/