Has anyone every had the following message:

 

xpcom event receiver, bad image

 

DLL (varies depending on what I try to open) not a valid windows image. 

 

Im able to connect to my internet service provider but when I go to my search engine (internet explorer) no site can be opened.  It just gets stuck.  I was told that this is due to a software problem but Im not sure exactly what the problem is or how to fix it.  I tried to install another serach engine (fire fox) but when I tried to install it, I got the same "bad image" message and I cant even open it. 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I cant afford the 99$ for software assisence from dell.