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taytong888
join:2005-06-20
Nepean, ON

taytong888

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[WIN7] IE11 proper shutdown gives wrong error message

Hello,

In view of the current MS Security Advisory #2963983, I just switched IE11's security setting from Medium-High to High, and un-registered VGX.DLL. I also configured EMET 5.0 TP to protect IE11's "iexplore.exe".

Whenever I close this IE app, a screen popup shows to the effect IE has closed "unexpectedly" and Windows is looking for a solution blah blah blah...!
This is obviously wrong, and very annoying.

Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.
Frodo
join:2006-05-05

Frodo

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You did three mitigations. Undo one and see what happens. You could re-register VGX.DLL and see if the problem clears.

I think the culprit is going to be one of the mitigations within EMET 5.
taytong888
join:2005-06-20
Nepean, ON

taytong888

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Hi Frodo,
Whenever I open EMET GUI, I saw the following popup message in the Task Bar:

"EMET detects ASR Mitigation in iexplore.exe. Component: Adobe Flash Player version 13.0 r0 (i.e. the latest update)"

The problem remains whether I remove ASR protection from Adobe Flash or
remove Adobe Flash itself from the list/table of applications in EMET GUI. I rebooted the PC after either activity.

What to do next?
taytong888

taytong888

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Answer & solution found. EMET User Guide says that by default, EMET blocks flash and java. Via Google-fu, the only solution is by editing Windows Registry:

1. Run regedit.exe
2. HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\EMET\_settings-\
3. Edit > Find "flash*.ocx"
4. Delete "flash*.ocx" from DWORD VALUE of "ASR_Modules"

No more IE crash message!