IE 8 and Firefox 3 stopped working!!

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  safwan

  williamkane

  Hi guys,
  
  n it kept on happening for many sites.
  .

  Brother SMS language is not allowed On CE.:sshhh:
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  Aashish Joshi

  do you use google's toolbar?? i faced the same problem sometime ago with google toolbar enabled!! try disabling it..
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  What's your Operating System?
  
  The best way is to uninstall firefox completely and remove all the traces. Then get a fresh copy of Firefox and install it. Make sure that you do not install any addons or extensions on Firefox.
  
  In my opinion, the errors occurs when FF renders JavaScript heavy pages or Flash videos [ads included].
  
  Let us know if this helps.
  
  PS: Firefox is heavy on memory; consumes at least thrice as much memory Chrome does. If your computer does not have at least 1 GB RAM, I'd recommend that you use Chrome.
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  williamkane

  Yes, Even I feel that is happening when it is trying to render a particular kind of script or something. But what script is it?..why does it occur even when I perform a google search?...These kind of questions are really bugging me.
  
  Here is some info from the event viewer:
  
  Faulting application firefox.exe, version 1.8.20061.1023, time stamp 0x452c9eef, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp 0x4791a7a6, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00065844, process id 0x16a4, application start time 0x01ca28b649d9928a.
  
  - EventData
  
  firefox.exe
  1.8.20061.1023
  452c9eef
  ntdll.dll
  6.0.6001.18000
  4791a7a6
  c0000005
  00065844
  16a4
  01ca28b649d9928a
  
  Faulting application Safari.exe, version 4.531.9.1, time stamp 0x4a7a8277, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp 0x4791a7a6, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00065844, process id 0x950, application start time 0x01ca28bd2fe8599e.
  
  - EventData
  
  Safari.exe
  4.531.9.1
  4a7a8277
  ntdll.dll
  6.0.6001.18000
  4791a7a6
  c0000005
  00065844
  950
  01ca28bd2fe8599e
  
  I am using a 32bit Vista Home Premium. Below are some of the solutions I tried and failed:
  
  Installing fresh copies of Firefox and Safari. No add-ons. Trying various versions (old and new).
  
  Diabling all add-ons in IE8. Enabling View all in compatibility view and disabling it.
  
  Trying safe modes of all the browsers. Problem still occurred there.
  
  Virus and Malware scan.
  
  Deleting all hostory.
  
  Uninstalling the most recent updates from Windows.
  
  Trying to install service pack 2 (got a message saying it could not install and reverting changes when it was almost complete 😔 )
  
  DNS Flush. SFC Scan. No errors found.
  
  
  Now I really dont know what to do, do suggest if you have any more ideas.
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  williamkane

  @MAD SCIENTIST
  No I dont use google toolbar.
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  williamkane

  And Finally THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED . Thanks to Avast antivirus. Also I need to thank Slossius from this link (#-Link-Snipped-#).
  
  I uninstalled my antivir software, installed avast and immediately it popped SKYnet malware alerts (which could not be detected by even malware bytes!) and i deleted all. After a bootscan, now my system is perfectly fine. Hope it remains the same.
  
  Thanks to all the guys who replied.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Hi williamkane: Glad to know that your problem is solved. Thanks for posting the solution as well 😀
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  Ashraf HZ

  Man, what a disappointing show by Antivir.
  
  Though I'll probably still use it 😛
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  That's why I continue to use AVAST 😁