onstant Popups of "ILLEGAL OPERATION" while browsing

[Alexander \\Slepak]

For the last couple weeks, EVERY TIME, in a few minutes after getting on the
internet, an icon titled "EXPLORER" pops up:

"This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
If problem persists, contact the program vendor".

After clicking OK, a new popup titled "Microsoft Internet Explorer":

"An error has occurred in Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer will now
close.
If you continue to experience problems, please restart your computer."

When I do restart, two things happen: on my Desktop, instead of a regular
image, the text appears: "Internet Explorer has experienced a problem or
error. As a precaution, your Active Desktop has temporarily been turned
off." and if I proceed with getting on line through Explorer, the cycle
starts again with error popups.

I tried (many times) to repair Explorer by going to Control Panel >
Add/Remove Programs > Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SPI and Internet Tools >
Repair Internet Explorer. It does not work. I tried to reinstall (several
times) Internet Explorer 6 from Microsoft site. It does not work.
It is frustrating. I would appreciate if someone can help me with this
"bug". By the way, I did run Norton AntiVirus several times. No viruses have
been detected.
I have Windows 98. (Sorry! It came with the Laptop and, according to
Microsoft Windows automated analysis, can not be upgraded without loosing a
bunch of programs.)

Thank you,
Denise

 

[Henri Leboeuf]

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
is with this tool.

AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
This free utility scans your memory, hard drives, and your
Registry for references to ad-related servers from
Web3000, Gator, Cydoor, Radiate/Aureate, Flyswat,
Conducent/TimeSink, and CometCursor, Webhancer, DSSAgent
and Alexa.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com


When all is well reset the IE tool settings.

Henri Leboeuf

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Alexander,

Click on the details button of the error window and provide:

xxx caused an xxx in xxx at xxx:xxxxx

If the error reporting tool...

First, disable the error reporting tool:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_8.htm#ert

Then, when your system crashes again provide the following details (click on
the details button):

xxx caused an xxx in xxx at xxx:xxxx