Microsoft Visual C++ Library

[Eric S]

Hi all,

I get a Microsoft visual C++ library error message randomly whenever I am on
Internet Explorer, sometimes when opening Itunes, and rarley when I am using
windows Media player 11. On media player and itunes after getting that
message no matter what option I choose the program crashes and exits.On
Internet Explorer the tab recovers but thee still is a crash. My 3 options
are abort retry or ignore.

The message says

Debug Assertion Failed!

Program:C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
File:c:\program files\micorosft visual studio 8\vc\include\xtree
Line: 293

Expression:map/set iterators incompatible

Abort Retry Ignore

Any response is greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Eric

 

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[Andrew McLaren]

I get a Microsoft visual C++ library error message randomly whenever I am on
Internet Explorer, sometimes when opening Itunes, and rarley when I am using
windows Media player 11. On media player and itunes after getting that
message no matter what option I choose the program crashes and exits.On
Internet Explorer the tab recovers but thee still is a crash. My 3 options

Hi Eric,

Programmers are accustomed to seeing to this error message; it means
there's a bug in the program which they're writing. But in your case, it
doesn't sound like you're writing any programs - just *running*
programs. Also, you are getting the same error message from several
different programs (IE, iTunes, WMP etc). It's pretty unlikely that all
these different apps would have exactly the same programming error.
Therefore we can assume the problem isn't in the programs themselves (in
the EXE file), but in a common library (ie, DLL file) which they all load.

That specific error:

Debug Assertion Failed!
File:c:\program files\micorosft visual studio 8\vc\include\xtree
Line: 293
Expression:map/set iterators incompatible

.... indicates the DLL is trying to use C++ STL iterators incorrectly.
This error has been frequently seen in a DLL called securenet.dll,
usually located at:

C:\Windows\System32\securenet.dll

This DLL inserts itself into Windows' Winsock chain, so that any program
using Winsock calls (ie, almost any program which accesses the Internet)
will be loading this DLL into its process space.

I'm not 100% sure of the origin of this file; it is *not* a
Microsoft-installed DLL. It looks like it is commonly associated with a
third-party product called "Hide my IP" which purports to allow
anonymous web-surfing.

So, I'd recommend that you:
- see if you have a file called "securenet.dll in the System32 subdirectory;
- see if you can work out which application you have, which installed
this file;
- a likely candidate is "Hide my IP";
- uninstall the application responsible;
-report the error to the vendor of the offending application;
- don't re-install it until they have produced a bug fix.

Hope this helps,

Andrew

 

[Eric S]

Thank you very much Andrew. Hardware and graphics are my specialty, not
really software development. That was a very helpfull and detailed answer. I
had hide my ip installed and of course I uninstalled it and I am pretty sure
that the error will not come back.

 

[Andrew McLaren]

Thank you very much Andrew.

No worries

had hide my ip installed and of course I uninstalled it and I am pretty sure
that the error will not come back.

Yes: in that case, I'd say we've nailed it!

Thanks for the follow-up, it's appreciated.

Cheers
Andrew