IE suddenly shuts down

[Guest]

When I access a website like myspace and view a friend's page, after awhile
it will just shut down without an error message. I'll try to re-access a
different page, and after awhile, it will do it again. At other times,
viewing other websites, it will give me an error message such as... "internet
explorer is experiencing problems and has to shut down..." and I send the
problem to the server. I have the updated patch for IE 6.0, but don't know
what else to do.

I operate on Microsoft XP Home Edition, Internet Explorer v6.0.

 

[siljaline]

When I access a website like myspace and view a friend's page, after awhile
it will just shut down without an error message. I'll try to re-access a
different page, and after awhile, it will do it again. At other times,
viewing other websites, it will give me an error message such as... "internet
explorer is experiencing problems and has to shut down..." and I send the
problem to the server. I have the updated patch for IE 6.0, but don't know
what else to do.

I operate on Microsoft XP Home Edition, Internet Explorer v6.0.

"MySpace" is notorious for causing surfers such as you issues.
The possibility of a hijack exists.
Please proceed as follows;
Download and run HijackThis;
(http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip)
Read this Tutorial *before* first use;
(http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=42)
Once done > run HijackThis > save a scan log and post it to /any/ of the
following (expert) forums for analysis.
*Note, registration is required prior to posting a log.
- Not listed in any particular order -
(http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30)
(http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5)
(http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html)
(http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup)
(http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25)
(http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9)
(http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html)
(http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=18)
(http://forum.networktechs.com/forumdisplay.php?f=130)
(http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showforum=17)
(http://forums.techguy.org/f54-s.html)
(http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=27)
(http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7)
(http://www.5starsupport.com/ipboard/index.php?showforum=18)
(http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7)
(http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26)
(http://makephpbb.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=2)
(http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/)
(http://forums.security-central.us/forumdisplay.php?f=13)
(http://castlecops.com/forum67.html)
(http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170)

Cumbersome and complicated, perhaps, worth the effort? Yes.
Post back the *URL* where you posted your log, *not* the entire log.

Good luck!

Silj

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