sebastian cole said:
Why do I constantly get these pop up messages that tell me
Microsoft Internet Explorer is going to close down?...
That this may interrrupt or cause me to lose whatever I'm
working on.
It tells me Micro Int Expl wants to send an "Error
Message". Then it gives me the choice of sending it or
not. If I click not, MSN Home page comes on,without my
going on line, and I sometimes lose tract of whatever I
was doing.
You have a virus. Get e.g. AVG7 from
www.grisoft.com and
clean your system. Then get a firewall, block everything and
see what doesn't work. I prefer the free Kerio 2.1.5 firewall.
I would also suggest going into Component Services and disabling
those services you don't need. Here's my changes (yours may differ):
Original configuration:
-----------------------
_M == Manual, unstarted
SM == Manual, started
SA == Automatic, started
New configuration:
_ == Unchanged
D == Disabled
01 _M _ Alerter
02 _M _ Application Management
03 SA D Automatic Updates
04 SA _ AVG7 Alert Manager Server
05 SA _ AVG7 Update Server
06 _M _ Background Intelligent Transfer Service
07 _M _ ClipBook
08 SM _ COM+ Event System
09 SA _ Computer Browser
10 SA D DHCP Client
11 SA _ Distributed Link Tracking Client
12 _M _ Distributed Transaction Coordinator
13 SA _ DNS Client
14 SA _ Event Log
15 _M D Fax Service
16 _M D Indexing Service
17 _M D Internet Connection Sharing
18 SA _ IPSEC Policy Agent
19 SA _ Kerio Personal Firewall
20 SA _ Logical Disk Manager
21 _M _ Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
22 SA D Messenger
23 _M D Net Logon
24 _M D NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
25 SM _ Network Connections
26 _M _ Network DDE
27 _M _ Network DDE DSDM
28 _M _ NT LM Security Support Provider
29 _M _ Performance Logs and Alerts
30 SA _ Plug and Play
31 SA D Print Spooler
32 SA _ Protected Storage
33 _M D QoS RSVP
34 _M _ Remote Access Auto Connection Managaer
35 SM _ Remote Access Connection Manager
36 SA _ Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
37 _M _ Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
38 SA D Remote Registry Service
39 SA _ Removeable Storage
40 SA D Routing and Remote Access
41 SA D RunAs Service
42 SA _ Security Accounts Manager
43 SA _ Server
44 _M D Smart Card
45 _M D Smart Card Helper
46 SA _ System Event Notification
47 SA _ Task Scheduler
48 SA D TCP/IP NetBios Helper Service
49 SM _ Telephony
50 _M D Telnet
51 _M D Uninterruptible Power Supply
52 _M D Utility Manager
53 _M _ Windows Installer
54 SA _ Windows Management Instrumentation
55 SM _ Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
56 _M _ Windows Time
57 _M D Wireless Configuration
58 SA _ Workstation
Lastly, I see a lot of people having problems after installing
Microsoft's so-called security updates. I'm running SP.4
with no security updates - but a tweaked firewall - and I
haven't had a virus in 4 weeks. System was installed in
March 2004.
...and, of course, use discretion in which sites you browse
and what software you download. Set IE for only accepting
session cookies and cleanout the content of your Temporary
Internet Files every day.
