Stephen Katz wrote:
On Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 1:11:27 PM UTC-7, Glen wrote:
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...
My Seamonkey locks up all the time from ads on major websites. Only way out is
to reboot! It's happening more and more. On different machines. Can this be
fixed or do I need a new browser. PS Google Chrome has no issues with the same
sites.
The "Only way out is to reboot"? Really?
- You don't tell us what OS you are using
- You don't tell us what Seamonkey version you are using
The closest I have come to Seamonkey locking up is JavaScript loops on
some sites, eventually (20-30 secs?) Seamonkey reports that it has
caught a loop and do I want to continue waiting or abort the script.
There is another option as well, something like "don't ask in future"
and maybe you took that option. I don't know how to reverse it.
Rebooting to get out of a Seamonkey lockup has to be total overkill. I
know how to kill locked-up Windows programs and also how to kill the
Linux equivalent. I don't think I have rebooted for that reason (for
any locked-up program) for 10-15 years now.
--
spammo ergo sum, viruses courtesy of https://www.nsa.gov/malware/
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