Adam Brown said:
I have windows XP and internet explorer 6. internet
explorer consantly needs to close because it says it
encounters a problem. This happens quite frequently and
I am beginning to get frustrated with it because it
always closes and then asks me if I want to send an error
report. I always choose send error report. I want to
know if there is any way to prevent internet explorer
from closing because it encounters a problem?
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This is probably due to spyware program(s)
but could also possibly be a virus.
Let's do this:
Control Panel | Internet Options | General tab
Delete all cookies
Delete all temporary internet files
(include all offline content)
Remove all Downloaded Program Files
To do that, you click on that "settings"
button and then click on the "View Objects"
button and then right click and choose remove
for all of them, if any, one at a time.
Close the Downloaded Program Files window,
Click OK to the Settings window.
Now clear History
Now click on the "Advanced" tab at the top
of Internet Options.
In the browsing section, uncheck the box for
"Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)"
Click "Apply" and then "OK" at the bottom
of Internet Options
Close out of Control Panel
Restart the computer
Download one or both of these Anti Spyware programs
and install them and scan your system and delete any
spywares. You can also update these programs and then
scan again. If you have a working Anti Virus program,
then update it and scan with it, otherwise use one of
the free online virus scanners:
Ad-aware 6.0 build 181
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10214379.html?tag=list
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.2
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10194058.html?tag=list
Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
TrendMicro Houscall Anti Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Symantec
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/home.asp?j=1&langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=DWKHMRKRFPECDMEYIRL