If you’re loading Microsoft Internet Explorer today and find that it mysteriously crashes out on you, try uninstalling the Yahoo! Toolbar.
- Open your Start Menu
- Open the Control Panel
- Double-click the “Add or Remove Programs” icon
- Locate the Yahoo! Toolbar in the list of available programs and click on it
- Click on the “remove” button
- Click any “ok” buttons you are subsequently exposed to
- Rejoice and resume your regular web-surfing activities
No, I don’t know what happened to Yahoo! Toolbar today, but there has been a rash of these problems cropping up suddenly.
*Edit: Every case amongst dozens tonight has involved an installation of McAfee or Norton Antivirus; it looks like Yahoo! Toolbar be getting terminated by those apps. Let’s hear it for rogue virus definitions!