Internet Express Has Developed a Problem

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 12 Nov 2003 7:54 am

My XP problem that recently developed is a notice that "Internet Express has developed a problem and must end the program you are working on".

This is happening often....It's not fatal because I just re-enter the URL and everything is OK. It's mostly just annoying and an inconvenience.

Anyone encountered this problem?

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 12 Nov 2003 11:09 am

Yes if you run too many applications along with Explorer; you will have this prob.
Alway Re-boot after this happens.
Also go to the tools at the top of the explorer and click "Windows Update" and get the lastest patches/features.
Delete your temperary files and history...and defrag....and re-boot and your good to go.
Just don't click on something until the page has finished loading also...
Ricky

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 12 Nov 2003 12:12 pm

Might be the same problem, might be different but I got screwed up and started having the same interruptions. Some pages loaded ok, some were interrupted by that message. I believe, although I'm not certain, that I became infected/infested with something called Winshow which seems to be a parasitic spyware sort of thing. Or I could be wrong. But what I did is do a system restore back to a few days before the problem arose. I also finally downloaded Spybot Search & Destroy from here: http://www.safer-networking.org/

and also Spywareblaster from: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

and for the hell of it the toolbar from google that includes a popup blocker. I was just plain pissed so I went for broke.

The good news is the problem was cured. The bad news is that I don't know which one of these guns or what combination took care of business.
At the very least do a system restore. It's real simple and might do the trick.

Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 12 Nov 2003 12:36 pm

Gene,

Do you mean "internet explorer" and not express?

If so, then it sounds like spyware. Try using Lavasoft's Adaware application to get rid of it. The application is free.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Mark

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Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 12 Nov 2003 12:56 pm

BTW--prior to everything I said above I had been using AdAware which, although it has been doing its job ok, failed to find the problem I was having. Now I still use it, in conjuction with the other stuff.

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 12 Nov 2003 3:36 pm

What is "Internet Express"?

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 12 Nov 2003 4:44 pm

What Mark said it was..."Internet Explorer".

Give us an option to "edit" topic titles and those mistakes can be corrected!

Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 13 Nov 2003 4:37 pm

Gene,

Hey buddy! Did you try that LavaSoft software to see if you had some spyware on your machine?

Just curious...

Mark

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Sho~Bud Pro I, Fender D-8 (C6&E13) http://www.darkmagneto.com

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 14 Nov 2003 5:42 am

Thanks Mark, I already had that program installed.... also thanks to everyone else who responded with suggestions. I will update this thread when and if I find a solution to the problem.