download.cnet.com always crashes IE8 with its Scripts...

Every fu%¤&ng time I visit download.cnet.com IE8 crashes due to their faulty
scripts!

WHY isn't IE8 protected against faulty scripts, or why doesn't IE8 know HOW
to deal with faulty scripts ?!

For exampel one can try this download:
http://download.cnet.com/3001-2239_4...art=dl-6270509

When I click DOWNLOAD, IE8 starts to 'load' something (according to the blue
line at the bottom), but then nothing happens, until a window poppes up
asking:

"Stop running this script?
A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly", and so
on, and it really doesn't matter if I click YES or NO, since it'll keep
coming back again, and there is no way to ever get the download to start.


Also this download has the very same problem:

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyte...tPopTwoColWrap

Or ANY download one can chose from the frontpage at:

http://download.cnet.com/Windows

It's been like this ever since IE8 came out, and surely more people than me
must have experienced this on different sites ?!


/BB!

"Bara!" <Bara!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15AFE5DD-EFF9-429E-98B7-BAB64AEC30F9@microsoft.com...
>
> Every fu%¤&ng time I visit download.cnet.com IE8 crashes due to their
> faulty
> scripts!
>
> WHY isn't IE8 protected against faulty scripts, or why doesn't IE8 know
> HOW
> to deal with faulty scripts ?!
>
> For exampel one can try this download:
> http://download.cnet.com/3001-2239_4...art=dl-6270509
>
> When I click DOWNLOAD, IE8 starts to 'load' something (according to the
> blue
> line at the bottom), but then nothing happens, until a window poppes up
> asking:
>
> "Stop running this script?
> A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly", and so
> on, and it really doesn't matter if I click YES or NO, since it'll keep
> coming back again, and there is no way to ever get the download to start.
>
>
> Also this download has the very same problem:
>
> http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyte...tPopTwoColWrap
>
> Or ANY download one can chose from the frontpage at:
>
> http://download.cnet.com/Windows
>
> It's been like this ever since IE8 came out, and surely more people than
> me
> must have experienced this on different sites ?!
>
>
> /BB!
>

Very frustrating but allowing cookies for cnet.com should cure the problem.
It did for me.

--
Helroy
<><>

Hi,
I haven't seen this problem at download.com. Try these steps:
1. Start Internet Explorer without add-ons from:
Right-click the IE icon on the desktop. Choose Start without add-ons.
or
Programs> Accessories> System tools> Internet Explorer (no add-ons)
If the problem goes away, you have an incompatible browser add-on installed.

For troubleshooting information see:
IEBlog Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

928426- Internet Explorer 7 may exit immediately when it includes an add-on
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928426

Windows Vista Help- Internet Explorer add-ons frequently asked questions:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f9b7e1033.mspx

2. With the warning that a reset will delete autocomplete data, such as
passwords and you will have to reinstall or re-enable browser add-ons, work
through this article:
936213- How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213/en-us

Useful for recovering stored passwords before you clear all stored login
data:
IE PassView- NirSoft:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/interne..._password.html

What a reset of IE settings will do:
Windows Vista Help- Reset Internet Explorer settings:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...fe1771033.mspx

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"Bara!" <Bara!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15AFE5DD-EFF9-429E-98B7-BAB64AEC30F9@microsoft.com...
>
> Every fu%¤&ng time I visit download.cnet.com IE8 crashes due to their
faulty
> scripts!
>
> WHY isn't IE8 protected against faulty scripts, or why doesn't IE8 know
HOW
> to deal with faulty scripts ?!
>
> For exampel one can try this download:
>
http://download.cnet.com/3001-2239_4...art=dl-6270509
>
> When I click DOWNLOAD, IE8 starts to 'load' something (according to the
blue
> line at the bottom), but then nothing happens, until a window poppes up
> asking:
>
> "Stop running this script?
> A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly", and so
> on, and it really doesn't matter if I click YES or NO, since it'll keep
> coming back again, and there is no way to ever get the download to start.
>
>
> Also this download has the very same problem:
>
>
http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyte...tPopTwoColWrap
>
> Or ANY download one can chose from the frontpage at:
>
> http://download.cnet.com/Windows
>
> It's been like this ever since IE8 came out, and surely more people than
me
> must have experienced this on different sites ?!
>
>
> /BB!

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista x64 SP2) when
posting to this newsgroup.

1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode? To start
IE in No Add-ons mode:

=> Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
Add-ons; or

=> Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
Explorer (No add-ons).

Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!

3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were any of these applications running in the background when you installed
IE8?

4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?


Bara! wrote:
> Every fu%¤&ng time I visit download.cnet.com IE8 crashes due to their
> faulty
> scripts!
>
> WHY isn't IE8 protected against faulty scripts, or why doesn't IE8 know
> HOW
> to deal with faulty scripts ?!
>
> For exampel one can try this download:
> http://download.cnet.com/3001-2239_4...art=dl-6270509
>
> When I click DOWNLOAD, IE8 starts to 'load' something (according to the
> blue
> line at the bottom), but then nothing happens, until a window poppes up
> asking:
>
> "Stop running this script?
> A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly", and so
> on, and it really doesn't matter if I click YES or NO, since it'll keep
> coming back again, and there is no way to ever get the download to start.
>
>
> Also this download has the very same problem:
>
> http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyte...tPopTwoColWrap
>
> Or ANY download one can chose from the frontpage at:
>
> http://download.cnet.com/Windows
>
> It's been like this ever since IE8 came out, and surely more people than
> me
> must have experienced this on different sites ?!
>
>
> /BB!

Thanx, My mind must have been preoccupied with something else, that worked!
:-)

But I can't get that the site doesn't add a control that warns one if one
has cookies turned off...

Must be thousands of people that fails in downloading from CNet due to not
allowing cookies!


/BB!


> Very frustrating but allowing cookies for cnet.com should cure the problem.
> It did for me.
>
> --
> Helroy
> <><>