Internet Explorer shutsdown when media player plays streaming audi

[Guest]

I am using Windows XP home edition with service pack 2 added. The problem
everything was working correctly up to about a week ago and now everytime I
open Internet Explore 6 and play streaming audio with media player format. I
get and error message saying " internet Explorer experienced a problem and
needs to shutdown" Now if the audio formt is in real player there is no
problem. Just with media player. This is included with the message:
AppName:Iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: wininet.dll
Can anyone help me out here. Also there were 33 spywares removed from this
system

 

[PA Bear]

Did you install SP2 or anything else from Windows Update a week ago?

There are new "rules" for streaming media in SP2:

How the Attachment Manager works in WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

The above KB article notwithstanding, I'd suspect hijackware to be the
problem:

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm