Internet Explorer Error Message When Viewing a Secure Web Site

ID: Q232098

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to gain access to a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protected Web site using Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, Internet Explorer may generate an access violation in Wininet.dll. In Windows NT, you may receive a Dr. Watson error message.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if Internet Explorer is set to use HTTP 1.1 through a Microsoft Proxy 2.0 server that is set to use NTLM authentication only.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Internet Explorer service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English Internet Explorer 5 version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date      Time        Version         Size     File name    Platform
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   06/16/99  10:24:50AM  5.00.2718.1600  459,024  Wininet.dll  x86

The English Internet Explorer 4.01 version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date      Time        Version         Size     File name    Platform
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   06/08/99  03:57:28PM  4.72.3706.800  372,496  Wininet.dll  x86

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: The Banyan Worldwide Services StreetTrack Web program requires this hotfix to function correctly with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.

Additional query words: ipf

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg msient msiew98
Version : WINDOWS:4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb