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Old July 1st 04, 02:32 AM
John
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I am running Windows 98 SE and had some virus problems. I
have hancled the virus problems but I am now having
problems with the "My Computer" icon. When I double-click
it, it feezes my desktop. If I startup my computer I can
run everything normally but as soon as I double-click the
icon it feezes. It also freezes when I try to open
windows explorer. Has anybody come accross this problem,
and if so, can you tell me how to fix it? Any and all
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Old July 1st 04, 03:14 AM
PCR
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(1) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E
are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is
indicated.

(2) Over-install IE. Try first without, but I believe it will request an
internet connection. Perhaps it is best to let it connect, actually. If
you don't care to get this fancy, just skip to step (c).

(a) Turn off interfering programs. Use http://www.pcmag.com/ 's
"StartupCop" or "EndItAll2". Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab".
Note what is unchecked, if anything. Then, go to the General tab &
disable the entire Startup Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking
"Load Startup...". Reboot.

(b) Perhaps, if you haven't got EndItAll2, then "Ctrl-Alt-Del" & end
task all but Explorer & Systray. If this goes badly, start again from
top, & skip it next time.

(c) "START, Find, F/F, IE6Setup.exe". Click it in the Find window.
NOTE: If you are IE5, then it's "IE5Setup.exe". If there are more
than one (I have two each), click the one in "C:\WINDOWS\Windows
Update Setup Files" or "C:\Windows Update Setup Files", as applicable.

(d) Re-enable the Startup Group. That will automatically check all
items. Go to the Startup tab & uncheck any noted in step (a). Reboot.

(e) Perhaps go to Windows Update, to see whether it now offers
criticals.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"John" wrote in message
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| I am running Windows 98 SE and had some virus problems. I
| have hancled the virus problems but I am now having
| problems with the "My Computer" icon. When I double-click
| it, it feezes my desktop. If I startup my computer I can
| run everything normally but as soon as I double-click the
| icon it feezes. It also freezes when I try to open
| windows explorer. Has anybody come accross this problem,
| and if so, can you tell me how to fix it? Any and all
| suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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Old July 1st 04, 04:28 AM
glee
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You have probably not handled *all* the malware problems, as this is a symptom of
some newer variants.

Follow this complete procedu

Update your anti-virus app and then run a full-system virus scan.

Use CWShredder, the CoolWeb removal tool, available he
http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe
http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip

In addition, install Ad-Aware 6 free edition, start it, click its 'Check for
Updates' link in the app to install updates, then use it to scan your system, and
remove what it finds.
Ad-Awa
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Install, update and run SpyBot Search & Destroy, scan your system, and then remove
the items in RED only.
SpyBot S&D:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download

Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations:
http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe
Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, doubleclick
HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or
similar).
Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet.

Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums:
http://forum.aumha.org/
http://forums.net-integration.net/
http://computercops.biz/forums.html
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=30
http://tomcoyote.org/forums/
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com
http://boards.cexx.org/

The folks there will tell you what to remove.

A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
and an in-depth tutorial is he
http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm

Additional reading:
Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
and
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"John" wrote in message
...
I am running Windows 98 SE and had some virus problems. I
have hancled the virus problems but I am now having
problems with the "My Computer" icon. When I double-click
it, it feezes my desktop. If I startup my computer I can
run everything normally but as soon as I double-click the
icon it feezes. It also freezes when I try to open
windows explorer. Has anybody come accross this problem,
and if so, can you tell me how to fix it? Any and all
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


 




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