I just read an article over at CNET that confirms my suspicions — the patch released for Internet Explorer last week can cause Internet Explorer to crash on sites that use HTTP 1.1 and compression.  I have been receiving increased complaints from several clients of Internet Explorer mysteriously crashing all of the sudden while using web applications that they use on a regular basis.

One workaround that Microsoft suggests is disabling HTTP 1.1 support in the Advanced settings in Internet Explorer.  I’m going to hold off on that as long as I can.

Relief is on the way.  Microsoft states that they will re-release the patch by August 22, 2006 (next Tuesday).

Notice on Microsoft’s site