Internet Explorer Has Stopped Working

[TheBoomah]

We're still running Windows7 at my office, and today the front desk and two other laptops can no longer get online with IE (Version 11, I believe).  The popup stating "Internet Explorer Has Stopped Working" will not go away.
 
We're using Macs and IPads for now, but the most-used resources are accessed through IE.  
 
Help.
 

 

[Orange Julia]

It looks like you're not alone:
 
https://community.norton.com/en/forums/tonights-update-crashing-ie11

 

[Couperin47]

Seems to have hit a lot of people:
 
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-windows_7/internet-explorer-has-stopped-working/981b7912-7d93-46f0-84af-b0a72f306598
 
Enabling "Enhanced Protection Mode" seems to have cured it for most people as detailed in the thread above.
 
Also for many it was Norton AV which caused the issue...no surprise there, Norton has been bloated shit malware that's worse than most of what it supposedly protects you from for years.