541980 - Firefox crashes when the definition of FRACAS is displayed [@ P1131Vfw.dll@0x15cb ]

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Joe Pollock]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

When I search for the definition of the word FRACAS and the definition is displayed, Firefox crashes immediately.  Other words do not cause this to happen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.merriam-webster.com/
2.  Type the word FRACAS in the "Enter a word or phrase" box and click the Search button.

Actual Results:  
When the definition is displayed, Firefox crashes before there is time to even focus on the words on the screen.

Expected Results:  
That I can read the information about the word.

Default theme being used. I discovered the problem originally in FF 3.5.7 and upgraded to FF 3.6.  The problem followed.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

works for me - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100116 Firefox/3.6

Would you please provide some of the most recent crash ids from Firefox. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter#Viewing_crash_reports

Comment 2

[Joe Pollock]

CRASH IDS
bp-e8b89286-7a1c-49e8-a70b-b13302100125
bp-9323ce3e-5093-4ae8-90e7-9a8d62100125
bp-173589c3-85bd-4d71-aa14-a6c742100125
bp-f4ad181a-950d-41e7-94b6-8b8df2100125

Comment 3

[Kevin Brosnan]

Looks like there is a malware program running that is causing trouble with Firefox.

Firefox 3.6 Crash Report [@ P1131Vfw.dll@0x15cb ]
Search Mozilla Support for Help
ID: e8b89286-7a1c-49e8-a70b-b13302100125
Signature: P1131Vfw.dll@0x15cb

    * Details
    * Modules
    * Raw Dump
    * Extensions
    * Comments

Signature	P1131Vfw.dll@0x15cb
UUID	e8b89286-7a1c-49e8-a70b-b13302100125
Time 	2010-01-25 07:49:40.463079
Uptime	918
Last Crash	920 seconds before submission
Product	Firefox
Version	3.6
Build ID	20100115144158
Branch	1.9.2
OS	Windows NT
OS Version	5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
CPU	x86
CPU Info	GenuineIntel family 6 model 15 stepping 13
Crash Reason	EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Address	0x44
User Comments	
Processor Notes 	
Crashing Thread
Frame 	Module 	Signature [Expand] 	Source
0 	P1131Vfw.dll 	P1131Vfw.dll@0x15cb 	
1 	P1131Vfw.dll 	P1131Vfw.dll@0x1769 	
2 	winmm.dll 	InternalBroadcastDriverMessage 	
3 	winmm.dll 	DrvSendMessage 	
4 	qcap.dll 	NTvideoConfigure 	
5 	qcap.dll 	CCapStream::GetFormatFromDriver 	
6 	qcap.dll 	CCapStream::LoadOptions 	
7 	qcap.dll 	CCapStream::CCapStream 	
8 	qcap.dll 	CreateStreamPin 	
9 	qcap.dll 	CVfwCapture::CreatePins 	
10 	qcap.dll 	CVfwCapture::JoinFilterGraph 	
11 	quartz.dll 	CFilterGraph::AddFilterInternal 	
12 	quartz.dll 	CFilterGraph::AddFilter 	
13 	NPSWF32.dll 	NPSWF32.dll@0x13e83d 	
14 	NPSWF32.dll 	NPSWF32.dll@0x13ec57 	
15 		@0xffff027e 	
16 	NPSWF32.dll 	NPSWF32.dll@0x2e62d1

Comment 4

[Kevin Brosnan]

Google says this might not be malware but part of Com bined Community Codec Packhttp://www.cccp-project.net/ .

VFW Null Render Filter
Filename: C:\Windows\system32\P1131Vfw.dll
CLSID: {FBA57CB1-380E-4D4F-BDA5-2B1A5E45B5CC}
Date: 2004-05-04 | 05:45:00

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Reporter:
The crash is not our fault, please remove that broken Codec pack.
marking invalid

Comment 6

[Joe Pollock]

I don't have that Codec pack installed.  Could it be part of another program?

Comment 7

[Kevin Brosnan]

Does the file C:\Windows\system32\P1131Vfw.dll exist on your system? If yes does removing it from the system %PATH% stop the crashing?

Comment 8

[Joe Pollock]

I renamed the file and the crash does not happen.  I think that solves the problem.  What the file does on my PC remains to be seen, but apparently not much.  Thanks.