Brian, thanks for your reply. The windows/temp file
deleted OK but the tempor file was not found. At
ctrl+alt+del the system rebooted but the same explorer
invalid page default box popped up with the same results.
Do you still think its a spyware or virus problem? Thanks
again Rick
-----Original Message-----
You have a virus or spyware parasite.
Start up with a boot disk
At the A: prompt type: cd c: and press enter
At the prompt type: del c:\windows\temp\*.* and press
enter
At the prompt type: del c:\windows\tempor~1\*.* and
press enter
Remove the disk and press ctrl+alt+del to reboot

If it now will boot to Safe Mode, Normal or you get
other error messages, post to an
appropriate ng for further assistance in cleaning out
the machine:
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion

Include your original problem, what you have tried and
any exact error messages with
details minus the register entries.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more
to learn.


"Rick" wrote in
message
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My computer has been working perfectly for several
years
but this morning when I turned it on the Explorer box
came up to say "this program has performed an illegal
action and will be shut down". Details showed an
invalid
page fault in mod. ~5368815274.tmp @ 17flef3a6a
whatever that is. When I click off of this box
everything
disappears except the default background green desktop.
The computer will restart but the Explorer box
reappears
each time with the same message and nothing is
accessible. Anyone know what the problem is?

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