Tip: Spyware and Adware and Malware, oh my. Internet Explorer not loading for you is yet another thing that you can correctly blame on Spyware. If IE attempts to load, or acts like it does, but then nothing appears, it’s more than likely you have a Browser Help Object (BHO) that is tweaking your system. First off, you’ll need HijackThis. Second, you’ll need some HijackThis Help. Once you’ve got all that down, let’s continue.
Start HijackThis, click Scan. Scroll down through the list and make sure that everything looks kosher. The BHO section is the one that we will be spending a little time in. Be sure that everything in that section looks perfectly alright, and that you recognize it all. (Don’t know what everything is? Look it up with WinTasks.) If you run across an entry that you are suspicious of, then remove it. You can always get it back if it’s valid.
Keep in mind, the BHO does not necessarily have to be bad to prevent Internet Explorer from loading. Corrupted files or settings for the objects can wreak havoc with IE. Even the Yahoo! toolbar has caused IE to freak on me. If you don’t see anything that is bad, then start to remove the Browser Help Objects one by one, rebooting after each. Upon startup, attempt to open your browser. Once it finally does open, you’re done. More than likely, you’ll be able to reinstall the Helper that was in because it’ll get reinstalled with the correct files and settings.
Specifically, I’ve had this object prevent IE from opening:
O2 – BHO: WebBlinds – {4F92B827-1E56-4E30-A978-A17A7861A606} – C:\Program Files\Object Desktop\WebBlinds\WebBlinds.dll.
If you find that one, then be sure to remove it.
If even after removing all Browser Help Objects and the like does not allow IE to run, run sfc /scannow or try to do a repair install of IE.
Responses to “Internet Explorer Will Not Open”
February 20th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
my internet explorer doesnt open when i click on it a command prompt box flashes on the screen and thats it nothing else happends the only way i can access the internet is by right clicking on the explorer and run it as an administrater what is wrong?
November 19th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
my pc got problem several days ago with generic process host win32, i browse internet a little and follow their sollution by deleting some thing inside the regedit..what i did was:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-SYSTEM-CurrentControlSet-Services-NetBt-Parameters-TransportBindName-/Device/[delete it]
then:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-SOFTWARE-Microsoft-Ole
EnableDCOM[change Y to N ]
1 pop up started to showing after i did that at top of ie a yellow bar named snapview.ocx ask me to run and everytime i load it started loading this crazy website gg.qwerty.cn/office.htm with what im searching for..for an example, i type at adress bar : http://www.getdota.com,at the loading bar side it will keep showing loading gg.qwerty.cn/office.htm
and soon the ie will hang …some game programme i run will come out as microsoft debug..
my house got 6 pcs and 6 also affected with the same problem and i tried format it but it will come out with the same thing…what should i do?and what the hell is this stupid gg.qwerty.cn/office.htm
November 30th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
my iexplorer won’t even open. I click it and it shows my cursor turn into a time glass and then back to the normal cursor and nothing ever shows up. Just the same with my utorrent.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:00 am
my internet explorer will work “sometimes” when i start up my computer but if i exit out of it the website will open up then close automatically…what do i need to do to fix it?
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 am
my internet explorer will sometimes open up when i start up my computer but if i exit out of it it won’t open up unless i restart my computer…all it will do is open up then automatically close again, what should i do.
March 17th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Hai luke i have alsoa same problem can u plz tell me wht u did to solve this problem
March 21st, 2009 at 11:54 am
Exactly this is the solution in this case. I did accordingly as suggested here, n got the best result.
My IE7 in xp was not starting properly or getting closed itself after a single flash, so I reached this page. Then so I scanned with Hijackthis, got 3 results as 02 BHO object n finally ‘fixed’ them under the options. After this the IE7 starts fine without trouble…everyone try at least once this method if u come across same problem.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:09 am
my internet explorer doesn’t open at all…
by double clickin on it also it doesn’t giv any kind of response….
currently i’m usin IE8….
in windows xp…
so help plllz……….
May 8th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Hi!
After a couple of tries, and about 2 hours of asking google and downloading softwares (ccleaner: cleaned up stuff but didn´t solve my internet explorer problem; RegCure: nothing, just a waste of time because you have to register; and finally HijackThis)
I solved the problem with the last software, had to delete three BHO processes, the third one from mindmanager
O2 – BHO: CmjBrowserHelperObject Object – {07A11D74-9D25-4fea-A833-8B0D76A5577A} – C:\Archivos de programa\Mindjet\MindManager 7\Mm7InternetExplorer.dll
thanks a lot!
July 10th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Hey, I have a Toshiba Lap top. It’s (Windows Vista x64) and about 4 days from now I got a internet update. So I clicked Install and it deleted my Internet to install the other one. It was half way done and it Failed. I restared my computer, shut down my computer, restored it back a week. And I check for viruses (no virus, did a full scan). And I dont know what happened. Right now I’m using Google Chrome. Its not my router cause I have full connection and im typing this now. I also created another account and another administrator and it didnt work. Please help me.
August 4th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
ok so none of my internet applications will open… ie7, firefox, aim, itunes, none of it.. ive tried hijack this, ive tried with and without firewall.. i have discovered that it does the same thing with or with out an actual internet connection so it has to be something with the applications themselves right?
August 5th, 2009 at 1:19 am
@Allen – Yes, this would indicate that there is a problem with either the applications or something is jacked with your Windows install. More than likely you’ve got some sort of virus infection that is preventing your computer from working properly. Or perhaps you have some other sort of issue like a hard drive starting to fail, or your registry is hosed.
Of course, if the applications WILL open but simply won’t connect to anything, then there could simply be an issue with your Winsock settings. If the way that your IP stack tries to access the internet is jacked then nothing that connects to services online would work.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:11 am
I have a Toshiba satellite laptop and when I click Internet Explorer it says I do not have permission to do that. It’s always worked until 2 days a go. No I cant get on the internet at home, so I can’t download Hijack this. Any other options?
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:57 am
hi I upgraded my windows from sp2 to sp3 and now i have a problem that none of the explore programs open on my pc like (IE8, firefox. googel chrom…etc) what should I do pls help
hemin
January 1st, 2008 at 5:41 am
I have spyware on my computer. I cannot open internet explorer 6 I have to go to my documents to get on the internet. I keep getting error message cjmongf.dll and kernel32.dll errors. Some files and associated with an old version of compuserve. I cannot repair ie6 or install it. I get error in setup wbv.dll missing entry:IE6 maintenance. Can you please help me?
Thank you.