I Hate Ask.com

Ask.com is a very aggressive search engine.  Somehow it installed itself as my default search engine in Internet Explorer 11, and all attempts to change it to Google have failed.  This program acts like a virus or malware in its stubborn resistance to being changed or deleted.  It is for this reason I will no longer use Internet Explorer, due to my inability to reset my home page and desired default search engine.

This overly aggressive marketing scheme can only give Ask.com a bad name. 

Meanwhile, my Google Chrome browser has ceased to function and cannot load pages from the internet.  So I am using Internet Explorer 11, with its pernicious Ask.com homepage, for the time being.

I have really liked Google Chrome, but it has ceased to function several times in the past.  Restoring to an operating condition has been difficult.  Reinstallation did not solve the problem.

UPDATE:  I downloaded and installed the Opera Web Browser.  So far it is quick and zippy and works great.  I think I have found my web browser.

UPDATE 2:  I bought a copy of the program "Spy Hunter" and installed and ran it on my computer.  This great little malware removal program removed the Ask.com toolbar from Windows Explorer and made my Chrome browswer operational again.  I have McAfee virus protection as well as Spybot Search and Destroy, but neither of these programs detected or removed the over 900 malware and adware programs on my computer.  Spy Hunter did, and is worth the price of around $35.

Internet Explorer Crashing When Opening Blogspot Blogs

UPDATE: The problem was related to the Followers gadget. I removed the gadget and now the blog is loading fine in Internet Explorer. Thanks to Donald Douglas of American Power who alerted me to the problem.

I will resume blogging later today.

BLOGSPOT IS WORKING ON A FIX.


A growing number of people are reporting that Internet Explorer crashes when attempting to log on to blogs from blogspot.com.

Try using Google's new browser -- it's great. It's called "Google Chrome." You can download it for free at this link.

POSTING WILL BE LIGHT UNTIL BLOGSPOT FIXES THIS PROBLEM!


Google Chrome will require you to install a free add-in, but it's quick. Google Chrome will not crash when logging onto this blog!


I do hope, however, that Google (who owns blogspot.com) is not causing this so people will switch!


More as it develops...