IE8 sharedobj:dll error driving me crazy

[glasskuter]

I am about to go out of my mind dealing with IE. I am constantly getting "IE
has encountered a problem & needs to close". Then the browser will reopen and
sometimes the webpage I was on will be repopulated & sometimes it will have
timed out. When I look at the content of the error it says the following-Mod
name sharedobj:dll offset 00008691 iexplorer.exe appver:8.0.6001.18702.I have
sent the error to Microsoft at least a 100 times. This is about to drive me
nuts as it is continuously happening. I have tried to research this error
through Google but haven't found anything that might help me. I hope someone
can help me keep my sanity. Thank you.

 

[Paul]

I am about to go out of my mind dealing with IE. I am constantly getting "IE
has encountered a problem & needs to close". Then the browser will reopen and
sometimes the webpage I was on will be repopulated & sometimes it will have
timed out. When I look at the content of the error it says the following-Mod
name sharedobj:dll offset 00008691 iexplorer.exe appver:8.0.6001.18702.I have
sent the error to Microsoft at least a 100 times. This is about to drive me
nuts as it is continuously happening. I have tried to research this error
through Google but haven't found anything that might help me. I hope someone
can help me keep my sanity. Thank you.

What I find curious about a module name of sharedobj.dll, is it isn't showing
up to any great extent in a search. I don't have one on my C: drive.

What that usually means, is it is malware.

Start by searching your drives, and see what directories or installers it
shows up in. That may give a hint as to what it belongs to, or where it
came from.

And just to double check - the name is "sharedobj.dll" ? That is nine letters
for a module name, rather than eight letters. So it doesn't conform to 8.3 .
I want to make sure the name is exactly correct, with a period between
the first part and the file extension.

Paul

 

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