yahoo messenger problems

[dougburkeen3]

for some reason each time i try to sign into yahoo messenger i get a window that reads this program has made an illegal operation and will be shut down
 but if i try long enough it will eventually let me in are there steps i can take to prevent this from happening

[patio]

More info on your machine, OS and any new changes made and someone will be along shortly to assist...

[dougburkeen3]

well im not sure what information you need but ill try.
 i have not changed anything and there are no new users.
 it is a dell computer tower and a compaq monitor
windows 98 se and trying to use yahoo version 8.0

[GX1_Man]

Patio, you will have to be the dentist here, I'm afraid.  

[soybean]

Perhaps you are not the only one having this problem.  See http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/yahoo-messenger-support/38561-problems-logging.html