IE will not launch

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Eli Miller

When I try to launch IE, after a short wait, the error
reporting screen pops up, but IE never shows up. The
report says something about missing the file msif.dll?
I am running Win XP professional, and have been for over
a year now. This problem kind of popped up out of
nowhere. The last thing I did in IE was to open a page to
down;oad a patch for the Sims game. A ton of pop-ups
opened, and IE has not worked since then.

Any help much appreciated, Thank you

Eli Miller
 
IE 6.

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

More: This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
 

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