Why Does Msvcrt.Dll Cause Internet Explorer 9 To Crash

My PC has Windows 7 Ultimate SP1.

Checking the Event Manager brings up the following error:

??Application: iexplore.exe

Version:9.0.8112.16421

Module: msvcrt.dll

Version:7.0.7600.16385

Exception: 0xc0000005

Displacement: 0x00009c7f

Process ID: 0x964

Application Path: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Module path: C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll

I’ve disabled all addons and restored IE to its default settings to no avail. I feel that this problem began after a regular Windows 7 update. I checked the update log and all items were correctly installed.

Thank you.