I found that the add-on, McAfee AntiPhishing Filter - Browser Helper
Object - mcapfbho.dll caused this problem.

This was installed as part of McAfee Intenet Security Center 2006

I disabled that solved the same issue for me.

Brian


Terry Kinch wrote:
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
> > Hi Gordon,
> >
> > You might want to see if it's a plug in. In the Control Panel under Internet
> > Options, click on the programs tab, then on the button to manage add-ons.
> > Click on each non-microsoft plugin and then disable it on the lower left.
> > Repeat for the entire list, then apply/ok your way back out and reboot the
> > system. Log back into this account and see if you can now open IE without
> > any error messages.
> >
> > If successful, you can slowly reenable the plugins a few at a time to
> > isolate which one is causing the problem. Leave the problematic one
> > disabled, or delete it from the C:\Windows\downloaded program files folder.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "Gordon J. Rattray" <gords@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > news:OeZ$ReEzFHA.460@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > When starting up Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP, I get a runtime error
> > > as
> > > follows.
> > >
> > > "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
> > > Runtime Error!
> > >
> > > Program: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
> > >
> > > This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
> > > way.
> > >
> > > Please contact the application support team for more information"
> > >
> > > I've uninstalled, reinstalled IE, done Spybot, HJT, no viruses in there,
> > > so
> > > am perplexed at it....
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Gordon
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Follow Rick's advice and disable just the Google plug-ins first and then re-boot. You'll save yourself some time. Google was the problem with me. Thanks Rick.
>
> Terry
> >