jchopick:
It seems odd to me that you are having a 80% failure rate with the SDHelper Browser Helper Object (BHO) after installing Internet Explorer 7.0 since overall there have been relatively few reports of the problem.
I personally have not experienced any problem with Internet Explorer 7.0 while running Spybot's SDHelper Browser Helper Object (BHO). I have run multiple IE 7 windows with multiple tabs open each without a problem.
Although possible, I would tend to doubt that the problem is related to physical characteristics of the system. I would lean more toward some sort of logical problem involving a combination of software or settings.
In that vain I offer the follow for comparison:
My Internet Explorer 7.0 was downloaded and installed via Windows update on a fully updated Window XP Home system with updates up to and including the updates from Microsoft's Tuesday, October 10, 2006 update release:
When my Internet Explorer 7.0 was installed, I had all Windows updates up to and including:
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- …
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- Security Update for Windows XP (KB923191)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB924496)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB923414)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB922819)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB924191)
Since installing Internet Explorer 7.0, I received and installed the following updates on Tuesday, November 14, 2006:
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Security Update for Windows XP (KB920213)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923980)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924270)
From Internet Explorer > Help > About Internet Explorer
Code:
Internet Explorer
Version: 7.0.5730.11
Cipher Strength: 128-bit
Product ID: 84876-600-0011903-00102
Update Versions:0
My SDHelper.dll is from the original Spybot-S&D 1.4 installation program downloaded 2005/06/01 when Spybot-S&D 1.4 was first introduced. My Spybot-S&D 1.4 was last uninstalled and reinstalled 2006-01-16.
From Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Tools >BHOs:
Code:
{53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} ()
BHO name:
CLSID name:
description: Spybot-S&D IE Browser plugin
classification: Legitimate
known filename: SDhelper.dll
info link: http://spybot.eon.net.au/
info source: Patrick M. Kolla
Path: C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\
Long name: SDHelper.dll
Short name:
Date (created): 1/16/2006 12:47:42 PM
Date (last access): 11/17/2006 11:44:34 AM
Date (last write): 5/31/2005 1:04:00 AM
Filesize: 853672
Attributes: archive
MD5: 250D787A5712D7768DDC133B3E477759
CRC32: D4589A41
Version: 1.4.0.0
If everything above seems the same, it does not eliminate the possibility that a particular security setting (or the lack of) within Internet Explorer 7.0 could be causing the problem.
