jtjohnston wrote:
Glen wrote:
jtjohnston wrote:
Glen wrote:
jtjohnston wrote:
I don't know why, but SeaMonkey has been crashing on start-up for the
last 24-36 hours. Something completely new.
Moreover, everytime I use Google, (which is not my home page), when I
press enter or click on search, Seamonkey crashes too.
So what do I do to start debugging this?
John
I would first try opening in safe mode, disabling all addons, and then
see if you could start seamonkey in normal mode. That would at least
narrow down a potential cause of your problems.
It could be a recently updated addons that's causing havoc for you.
Glen
I ran seamonkey safe mode. It crashed.
I went to google.ca typed in a search item (anything) and pressed enter.
Seamonkey crashed :p
So it cannot be any of my plugins!?
What next?
First off, you have a serious problem! From all my experience, if a
program offers a "safe mode" and it falls and crashes, that's not good.
Do you use MozBackup?
Have you scanned for viruses/malware?
Have you visited site(s) recently that may be unsafe - meaning,
potential virus/malware hosts??
Do you have any other issues operating your pc, such as opening and
using another program?
My gut instinct tells me you may have a virus or malware attacking your
pc or SM.
Let me know the answers above asap.
It took a while, but yeah, I was infected with something. Eventually AVG
fixed it up. Long story. Some sort of registry key infection.
jt,
The people who just replied to your thread were correct, there was a
malware/virus that attacked a vulnerability of SM.
Here's what I would do to make sure you're pc is clean....
I'd download the latest "free" version of Malwarebytes and give your pc
a full scan and make sure everything is off of it.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Also, IMO, I'd remove AVG and install the "free" version of avast!.
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
Run a "full scan" in avast after you insure you have the latest updates,
making sure you have the program set to "auto-update."
IMO, the people at avast have done a phenomenal job with their latest
free product and have recommended their product dozens of times since a
few years ago. I've had at least 3-4 blacklisted virus/malware
installation attempts over the past few years, but avast caught each one!
I'm not sure who you use for a firewall, I personally use Zone Alarm
9.1..... just because it's free, it seems to work, and only uses 4 megs
of memory.
Good luck with it...
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