Windows XP SP@ IE6 crashes at close

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JAMES SCHEINBAUM

Ever since I installed Windows SP2 my IE6 crashes when I close it. I am on cable internet which is always on. Sometimes IE looks like it shutdown but continues to run in the background.

Help?
 
Hi James,

Have you checked the system for malware, BHO's, and parasites yet? SP2's
installation does not cripple IE, so there has to be another cause. The most
likely ones are unwanted additions to the browser.

As you cannot keep IE open, you may want to temporarily download a different
browser. Here is a direct download link to netscape:
http://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape7/english/7.2/windows/win32/NSSetup.exe

Then do some cleanup:

1) Install and run Adaware from www.lavasoft.de

2) Install and run Spybot from www.safer-networking.org

3) Install and run Spyware Blaster from
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

4) Turn on the native firewall or install a third-party one (a third party
firewall will notify you of outgoing traffic as spyware programs "phone
home", the native one won't).

http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

5) Also check these links for helpful advice on removing garbage:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/parasite.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Ever since I installed Windows SP2 my IE6 crashes when I close it. I am on
cable internet which is always on. Sometimes IE looks like it shutdown but
continues to run in the background.

Help?
 
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