Hi

I wonder if anyone can help me. At the moment i am working on another computer as my computer comes up with an ilegal operation when i connect to the internet. If i hit close it will stay connected but will soon popup with the error message again. If i just drag the message to the bottom of the window it allows me to use the internet as normal with the exception of secure websites i.e hotmail.

Is there anyway at all in getting this fixed? I will be back on my computer again tomorrow so i will post again then.

Thanks

Jamie

Could you please advise us what the full error message says, e.g. "IExplore.exe caused an illegal operation in Wininet.dll" ?

Could you also please let us know which web browser you are trying to connect with and whether you are using a dial-up modem (56k) or broadband / ADSL? Windows 98 comes as standard with Internet Explorer 4 and Windows 98 SE shipped with Internet Explorer 5. However, most people have upgraded their systems to Internet Explorer 6 or 6 SP1.

Thanks - shouldn't be too hard to fix

Hi

i dont have the full error at the moment as i will not be home until tonight, but as soon as i get home i will post it. I am using AOL Broadband and i surf using either aol or IE 6. The error is not comming from IE, it is comming up with Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

Hope this helps in the meantime. Thanks for getting back to me.

Cheers

Jamie

hi

just back and logged on my comp.

The error is below.

EXPLORER executed an invalid instruction in
module ES.DLL at 017f:7173d07d.
Registers:
EAX=0043d4f8 CS=017f EIP=7173d07d EFLGS=00010293
EBX=03e4f8a4 SS=0187 ESP=03e4f9b4 EBP=03e4f9f0
ECX=717341a0 DS=0187 ESI=00456050 FS=4f4f
EDX=03e4f9d0 ES=0187 EDI=00000000 GS=2196
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff ff ff 49 4e 44 45 58 20 20 20 44 41 54 20 00
Stack dump:
7173efa1 0043d4f8 03e4f9d0 03e4fca0 00000001 03e4fca8 7ff2b890 00000000 00000000 03e4f9c0 03e4f7e4 03e4ffbc 71741d30 71734878 00000000 03e4fc80

Hope someone can help with this!!!

Cheers

Jamie

after restarting and reconnecting it has now given me this: -

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 017f:bff9db61.
Registers:
EAX=c00309c4 CS=017f EIP=bff9db61 EFLGS=00010216
EBX=01f5ffbc SS=0187 ESP=01f1fe24 EBP=01f200c0
ECX=00000000 DS=0187 ESI=00000000 FS=531f
EDX=bff76855 ES=0187 EDI=bff79050 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
53 8b 15 e4 9c fc bf 56 89 4d e4 57 89 4d dc 89
Stack dump:


looks confusing to me! lol

Jamie

Oh no - it's not AOL 9.0 is it?! Have you checked your free system resources (right-click My Computer, select the last tab on the right and it will give you a 'free system resources' amount as a percentage).

Your PC might have been infected with the W32.Blitzdung@mm worm - see this article for more info: http://securityresponse.symantec.com...tzdung@mm.html

I'm really struggling to find out what ES.DLL is. The best I've come up with in the last 15 minutes is this from Microsoft.com:

File Name es.dll
File Version 1998.9.1003.0
File Description COM+ EventSystem Library

Doesn't tell us very much though. Anyone else out there got any ideas?

hi

yeah its aol 9.0

I have done a virus check but nothing found, not sure if it will be a worm. I just re-installed windows, but still comming up with the error. I can still surf the web but it just wont do anything in regards to security e.g hotmail.

Jamie

just check resources.... 44%.... gee thanks aol.