Stephen Katz <[email protected]> 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.
If you must use Chrome then use Ungoogled Chromium or Brave Browser instead - they use the Chrome engine but they come without the Google tracking. You should try using Waterfox as a browser. Its like Seamonkey but it is more updated. If you need any NPAPI plugins or are suing a old computer, download the Classic version. Otherwise, download the current version. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
