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Run Time Errors on regular XP

Feb 16, 2004 5:22AM PST

I, also, have been getting a C++ Run Time Error pop-up window that states the application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Clicking on either the okay button or the x on this pop-up terminates IE, and I have to relaunch. After reading moderator Proffitt's suggestion,

"How to disable script and runtime errors

You can configure Internet Explorer to ignore these script and runtime errors. Please follow this step-by-step guide:

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Click on Tools, then on Internet Options.

3. Click on the Advanced tab.

4. Look for the "Disable script debugging" line and put a check mark in the box.

5. Now look for the "Display a notification about every script error" line and remove the check mark in the box."

I found that the disable script debugging box was already checked, and the display notification box was already unchecked. Is there anything else I can do?

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Re:Run Time Errors on regular XP or C++ run-time errors.
Feb 16, 2004 5:38AM PST

Now that you have revealed that you are not having the common IE Script errors, you can ignore my prior reply.

What I usually find in such a plea is that a PEST or PARASITE has found a home on the machine. The usual five scans noted at http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=1313&start=0 is what I do next.

But before that, I would check the EVENT VIEWER for what its reporting and then run to http://www.eventid.net if you can't share the EventID and such here.

Bob

PS. CWSHREDDER is at a new web site and if you decide to keep a pest, be sure to inform the forum.

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Re:Re:Run Time Errors on regular XP or C++ run-time errors.
Feb 19, 2004 4:00AM PST

Geetings,
Thanks for the info in response to my problem. You said it was more than likely a parasite, and gave me five sites to download anti-spyware/adware, while advising me to check the event viewer first. I did that, but not being all that computer savvy, I didn,t know what, exactly, I was looking for. So, I downloaded Ad-aware, and although I read the instructions and tried to be careful, everything that was quarantined caused a loss of internet connection that resulted in the C++ RunTime Error just trying to launch IE. So, I went back to the event viewer and finally recognized what I was looking at. I found Event ID: 2, and Source: ccPwdSvc. When I entered this information at EventID.Net, I found the following,
"Event ID: 1
Source ccPwdSvc
Type Information
Description Application started
Comments Adrian Grigorof (Last update 9/16/2003):
From newsgroup posts: "ccPwdSvc is the Symantec Password Validation Service. If I let it run, it continually crashes Explorer on my XP SP 1 box. If I rename it, my system runs flawlessly."
Now, since I have Norton Internet Security, this seems like a possible explanation for my problem, but it also raises questions. Since I have had Norton,s running for over a year, why would this be a recent problem? And, how the heck do I access the password validation service? There was no help to be found, that I could see, in the help section.

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AHA! Two things and more.
Feb 19, 2004 4:22AM PST

1. You didn't reveal you have the Norton software. Recent versions don't appear to be stable. I have NO CURE for this except to note I just uninstall it, rip it out of the registry and install replacements such as...

a. Free AVG from www.grisoft.com
b. Zonelab's ZoneAlarm.

2. The loss of internet connection is a GREAT CLUE! A pest may have installed a Layered Service Provider to call home on. Such are usually unstable and will not be found with Symantec products since "It's not a virus." - Quote from a Symantec rep I pinned to the wall at a tradeshow.

a. Go get LSPFIX with the help of http://www.google.com
b. Now eject the pests and fix the LSP withe LSPFIX.

Best of luck,

Bob