I noticed that sometimes Gretl (snapshot version running under Windows xp) crashes for no particular reason 

regardless of the data set used and estimated model. For example, now crashed under GARCH. 

Runtime error

This application has requested to terminate it in an unusual way.

I am not sure that this is possible,  but I noticed that this happens when Gretl is opened and is not in use for some period of time.  

Cheers,

Manny