I am having this same problem with the combination of Windows 8.1 and IE 11. IE crashes as soon as you first try to load a page. This computer was restored to a fresh Windows 8 install yesterday. All updates and Windows 8.1 were applied. Added some tools and Avast. Not much reason to look for other interactions.
I ran >sfc /scannow
"Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."
This is the IE error from the Event Viewer:
Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Error Reporting
Date: 2/3/2014 10:41:45 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Inspiron_5520
Description:
Fault bucket -352141996, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: IEXPLORE.EXE
P2: 11.0.9600.16384
P3: 52157231
P4: StackHash_c1dd
P5: 6.3.9600.16408
P6: 523d45fa
P7: c0000374
P8: PCH_A0_FROM_ntdll+0x0003C1AC
P9:
P10:
Attached files:
C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9B38.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
These files may be available here:
C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_IEXPLORE.EXE_70dca0deeb12453456ad76fda9d476a78f6518c_ee6b83ed_0a59cc89
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 9eb431d2-8d56-11e3-be75-84a6c8bc19d8
Report Status: 16
Hashed bucket: 23a2966c3c51d601fed74e5a1673bfd2
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-02-04T04:41:45.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>2259</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Inspiron_5520</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>-352141996</Data>
<Data>1</Data>
<Data>APPCRASH</Data>
<Data>Not available</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>IEXPLORE.EXE</Data>
<Data>11.0.9600.16384</Data>
<Data>52157231</Data>
<Data>StackHash_c1dd</Data>
<Data>6.3.9600.16408</Data>
<Data>523d45fa</Data>
<Data>c0000374</Data>
<Data>PCH_A0_FROM_ntdll+0x0003C1AC</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9B38.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml</Data>
<Data>C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_IEXPLORE.EXE_70dca0deeb12453456ad76fda9d476a78f6518c_ee6b83ed_0a59cc89</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>9eb431d2-8d56-11e3-be75-84a6c8bc19d8</Data>
<Data>16</Data>
<Data>23a2966c3c51d601fed74e5a1673bfd2</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>