Internet Explorer 6 stops responding after you install security update 942615 on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2

On a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 stops responding when you try to a visit a Web site. This problem occurs after you install security update 942615 (MS07-069).

Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following: The error report contains the following error-signature information.

Security update information

To resolve this problem, install the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To install the most current updates, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more technical information about the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note This fix was first included in security update 947864 (MS08-024). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the 946627 package now.

Release Date: December 20, 2007

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

When this problem occurs, the following errors are written to the Application log by Windows Error Reporting: Update 946627 performs one of the following actions:

• If hotfix 942367 is installed, hotfix 942367 is enabled by adding a DWORD value named * that has a value of 1 to the following registry subkey:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_PROTECT_DECOMPRESSION_FILTER_FROM_ABORT_KB942367
• If update 942615 (MS07-069) is installed, the problem is resolved by adding a DWORD value named * that has a value of 1 to the following registry subkey:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_PROTECT_DECOMPRESSION_FILTER_FROM_ABORT_KB942367

If other Internet Explorer hotfixes have been previously installed, this registry value enables hotfix 942367. If no Internet Explorer hotfixes are installed on the system, the addition of this registry value causes no functional changes.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about security bulletin MS07-069, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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