ok, i don't know if your problem was solved b/c this thread devolved quickly, but here is what i suggest. first, run Ad-aware on your computer, and delete all the junk it finds. THen, run norton virus-scan. (make sure you updated both of them). Then, see if it is doing it still. If it is, go to any other search engine, do a search for the problem. usually, no matter how obscure the problem, i can find about 50 pages (at least) that resolve issues i have.
ok, i did a (google) search and found this...of course, this was posted in 2002, so i don't know if that is the problem, but you might email them anyway.
From what we can tell, it looks like a subtle bug in IE versions 5.0 and 5.0.1 involving UTF8 support. Starting later tonight, we'll be pulling back on UTF8 in those browser versions.
Starting tomorrow, if you visit Google and IE still crashes, please send email to [email protected] with:
- your IE browser version
- your operating system
- whether you have the toolbar installed and what version
We're pretty sure the toolbar isn't related to this, but it pays to be complete. We're hoping that this fix tonight will solve the issue, but if you have any problems we'd like to hear about them.