Any computer guru's around?

[PoohnPglet]

My computer keeps popping up a message that says

stack overflow at line 0

Does anyone know what this is?

 

[Aidensmom]

Is this a new problem, or recurring? Stack overflows can usually be resolved by rebooting.

 

[PoohnPglet]

New as of yesterday. I downloaded Norton 360 and ever since my internet has been very slow and I am getting that message just about everytime I load a new page.

I tried to look it up on Google but all their answers were a little too technical for my challenged brain.

 

[PixieDustTink]

This was a problem with Internet Explorer 6 once too and they had a "fix" for it. I fixed all IE problems by using FIREFOX...lol. I think if you go to the microsoft webpage they have an update that will deal with this issue for you. Be sure you do all your updates regularly. Sorry I couldn't help you any more than that but, I stopped running IE a while ago. I DID hear about this issue though! Some people got so frustrated they just shut off the pop up message option in their tools!

 

[Aidensmom]

It basically means that too much of your computer's memory is being used, but I can't remember how to change the stack allocation. It's been a while since I have had to do that. What version of Windows are you running?

 

[PoohnPglet]

But would this be causing everything to hang up? Also, my CPU usage is running at 100% almost constantly.

 

[Amity 3]

what internet browser are you using?

 

[PoohnPglet]

It basically means that too much of your computer's memory is being used, but I can't remember how to change the stack allocation. It's been a while since I have had to do that. What version of Windows are you running?

Windows XP

 

[Aidensmom]

It could be a bug in the Norton software, since that is when the trouble began, it could have some kind of memory leak. I would put in a trouble ticket with them while you are trying to figure something out.

 

[PoohnPglet]

what internet browser are you using?

It is IE 7

(and yes - I am so getting a Mac next time around!)

 

[Aidensmom]

Nevermind, just saw you have IE 7.0

 

[PoohnPglet]

YEah - I saw there was a bug with ie 6. I have found nothing for ie 7.

 

[Amity 3]

aidensmom is on the right track. stack overflows are IE based.

to bump up to IE7, you needed windows SP2 update to even download it.

try downloading firefox or opera as an alternative at this point.

 

[Aidensmom]

I am having trouble finding anything that completely relates to what you have installed (which, with the exception of Norton, is what I have with no problems at all). I really think Norton support may be the best bet at this point, it seems as if it is related to their software.

 

[Amity 3]

just caught the cpu percentage post. that changes things around.

 

[Aidensmom]

Do you have an anti-spyware program installed? Virus scanners don't always catch them. Spybot is a good one if you don't, and it is free.

 

[PoohnPglet]

Sorry - didn't mean to run out. Everything hung up and I had to shut down and reboot. This thing is running so slowly.

I am rerunning the virus scan. And Spybot as well as Adaware.

Thanks for the help!