Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (933566)

This recent update causes my Internet Explorer to not work at all. All I
get is the usually error message screen you get if you have no internet
connection. Internet connection is good and other programs (such as Outlook
Express) can access the internet. The update also causes my computer to work
at about 1/10th speed (just fast enough that you almost think the computer
is absolutely frozen but then it performs a tiny bit) after I attempt to
launch IE.. Anyone have suggestions? I didn't find anything on MS website.
I used system restore to get the computer and IE to work again. But I don't
like the idea of just ignoring an update.

Windows XP home on a 2 year old Dell wit IE 7 (all prior updates used).
Appears clear of malware, currently using Trend Micro PC-cillin, Spybot
Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware.

 

Forget the update, and start using a browser that doesn't require a
security patch each week www.Opera.com www.IE7.com

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933566

 

The update fixes another buffer overflow
http://vil.nai.com/vil/Content/v_vul31927.htm

It's mostly buffer overflows with MS...

"Bad Programming

Buffer overflow results from a well-known, easily understood
programming error. If a program doesn't check for overflow on each
character and stop accepting data when its buffer is filled, a
potential buffer overflow is waiting to happen. However, such checking
has been regarded as unproductive overhead"
www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,82920,00.html
or http://tinyurl.com/27lovt

 

Have a look at task manager (ctrl alt delete) look under the processes tab
and see if the cpu is being used at 100%

If it is highlight and "end process" and report back if the computer now
runs normally

BB

 

pcscnsvr.exe seemed to be the resource hog. Ending that helped overall. It
didn't get IE7 working again though. I'm not sure pcscnsvr.exe and the
problem are related. The idea of using a different browser may have merit
but I've used Mozilla in the past and didn't like it. Besides I am looking
for a cure, not a work around. Any ideas would be appreciated, Thanks.

 

pcscnsvr.exe appears to the resource problem, but not the IE7 problem. It
is a Trend Micro issue. PC-Cillin and SPybot conflict.

Still looking for suggestions re: Security update and IE& crashing.

 

I had thought you fixed the problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933566

Use Process explorer to find the cause of your resource problem.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Click on the CPU graph to expand, holding your mouse over the line
will tell you what program is taking up all the CPU.

Double clicking on the process will give more info.

If you really want to put some time into this use Process Monitor
http://tinyurl.com/y355ao use the filters to only monitor IE - start
by searching for faultrep.dll, it starts the error reporting, look
above it for problems (faultrep.dll search doesn't always work).

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First time I used IE was in Win95, I went to microsoft.com and saw
what ActiveX was capable of; Second time I used IE was to download
Netscape (no ActiveX).

I have never really used IE since, and it has to ask to get past the
firewall.

Give www.opera.com a try, anything but IE is just safe hex.

 

Pennywise has answered your question better than I can. The only thing I can
suggest is you run IE without add ons (system tools) and see if that makes
any difference. I came across this info from microsoft if you have a problem
with this security update..would be worth a read


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933566



BB

 

Use Firefox:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/