netscape cache and netscape freeze

[TMGB]

It looks like when you went back to the same sight before deleting the
cache,  the site wanted to run your corrupt version of posibly a java
applet or script that may have lost a byte or two during receiving it
the first time to cause the corruption.

Thomas


Miriam Bobkoff wrote:

> I have a PC running Netscape 3.01.  It froze in the middle of visiting
> a
> site. Each time I rebooted thereafter, Netscape would freeze on the
> first
> or second click.
>
> Assuming the .exe file must be damaged, I moved in a fresh copy that I
>
> happened to have handy (i.e., did not reinstall the whole program). It
>
> froze on the first click again. So I rebooted yet again, and cleared
> the
> cache. Some files remained uncleared, so I deleted those manually.
>
> This seemed to cure the problem. Here is the question: can something
> in the
> cache interfere with the running of the program, or is this a false
> diagnosis?
>
> If it is possible, would someone please explain what might have
> happened.
> My picture of how things work does not include this possibility.
>
> Miriam Bobkoff
> Santa Fe Public Library
> 145 Washington Avenue
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> phone (505) 984-6832      fax   (505) 984-6676
>   mbobkoff at ci.santa-fe.nm.us