IE8 is crashing due to a "invalid argument" error upon loading sites.
This bug has been identified on jQuery 1.4 too:
https://forum.jquery.com/topic/bugfix-for-jquery-1-4-2-internet-explorer...

There exists a fix (detailed in the URL above by rene77) which consists of catching the bug.
Patch coming.

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#3 2807039-2_ie8-bugfix.patch289.49 KBArnaud Kali
#2 2807039-1_ie8-bugfix.patch289.23 KBArnaud Kali
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Arnaud Kali CreditAttribution: Arnaud Kali at Unipro Ltd commented
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2807039-1_ie8-bugfix.patch289.23 KB

Uploading patch.

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Arnaud Kali CreditAttribution: Arnaud Kali at Unipro Ltd commented
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Uploaded an outdated patch. Re-uploading a correct one.

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Arnaud Kali CreditAttribution: Arnaud Kali at Unipro Ltd commented
Status: Active » Needs review
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CreditAttribution: markhalliwell at Tag1 Consulting commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (won't fix)

This project does not modify the source files of jQuery.