Unknown Internet Explorer???

[PCBill]

I think this is going to be a great program once
Microsoft is done working the bugs out of it.

Right now I have one problem I can not figure out. I get
this popup below everytime I startup MS Antispyware. It
does not matter if I allow or block or send to spynet.
It keeps popping up and I have to tell it what I want to
get rid of the popup again. Can someone please help me
work this problem out,,,,Thank you?

 

[JohnF.]

Do you have some kind of add-on toolbar like Yahoo or Google? THis is one
of those added in toolbar or button items that antiviruses, Acrobat, and
toolbars install. Go to Tools | Internet Options | Programs | and click the
Manage Add-ons button to see the list.

JohnF.

 

[plun]

I also get this, do you have Mozilla Firefox installed ?
I get this message after every reboot and MSAS
dont remember that I click on "allow".

Is Mozilla Firefox "An Unknown Internet Explorer Web
Browser" .......?

 

[Guest]

I did have Firefox installed but removed it recently.
I'm sure their might be some components or register
entries that did not uninstall.

 

[PCBill]

I do have add-ons. I have Adobe, Real, Shockwave, and
Messenger enabled.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I doubt it. I really doubt that Firefox connects in any way to pieces of
IE. I could be wrong--since IE's rendering parts are part of the OS, it is
possible that Firefox uses some piece, but I doubt that would give rise to
this message. I've got firefox users on machines with Microsoft Antispyware
installed, and haven't heard about this message from them..

 

[PCBill]

I noticed in the explaination in the logging area that it
gave a long number associated with the browser add-on. I
located that number in register edit and removed it
thinking it was an add-on not required. Well it was my
history bar in IE> This is not good when this program
can not identify it's very own!! Now how do I relace the
history bar in IE sp2? By the way I'm not getting the
popup anymore but I don't have the history function in IE.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I think a reinstall of IE6 should fix this up:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_reinstall_ie_and_oe_6.htm

I've not done this, nor read this reference in full, but it looks well
thought out and references direct Microsoft advice on the subject.

 

[John]

Sounds like something compromised your history bar and was monitoring your
history. A reinstall of SP2 should fix the sp2 IE installation.

JohnF.

 

[PCBill]

Thank you so much for your input,,,I am going to remove
and reinstall sp2,,,I will followup and let you know how
it turns out.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I've done that many times myself. Should go fine, and I hope it'll do the
job.

 

[PCBill]

Well I removed SP2,,,removed MS Antispy,,,,reinstalled IE
Sp1 per theeldergeek site,,,reinstalled SP2,,,reinstalled
MS Antispy. As long as I don't go to another account on
my computer I'm alright. If to go to my other user
account which is also an administrator account, I get the
same popups.

I checked my other computer, a laptop, and it does the
same thing.

Their is no doubt now,,,,This is a MS Anti-Spyware bug!!

 

[Bill Sanderson]

So--you got the history bar back?

I hear you on the bug--thanks for the report!

 

[PCBill]

The only thing I could do is reformat and reinstall,,,I'm
not about to do that for a beta program. Especially when
my desktop and laptop both are running the best they ever
have. I think Microsoft can take it from here if they
are listening,,,and they claim they are.

Besides,,,there are other spyware programs available
that do a decent job. The only thing that's weird MS
AntiSpyware never found anything on both my computers.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

They are listening.

I know there are bugs relating to multiple users. However, I have multiple
users and fast user switching on this machine, and haven't seen an alert
from Microsoft Antispyware that I didn't intentionally solicit for a good
long time. So I'm not sure what the variables are-- I'll leave that to the
folks replicating reports.