Windows Explorer Freeze, Control Panel Freeze! Advise?

I have an issue with my Windows Explorer. I recently had
my homepage switched to C:\WINDOWS\secure.html and no
Spyware remover has been able to remove it. Thereafter, I
could not enter the control panel to Add/Remove Programs.
Later that day, my Windows Explorer began to freeze and I
got the "Not Responding" message. Since then I have not
been able to open My Computer or Explore the C: Drive at
all. All of my programs seem to be running fine. Internet
Explorer now has a pop-up add everytime I open it and it
is not something you would want your children to see. What
do you suggest the best thing to do is?

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, double-click
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:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30

In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix
it.

The folks there will tell you what to remove.

See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log:
http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075

A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Marcus" wrote in message
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I have an issue with my Windows Explorer. I recently had
my homepage switched to C:\WINDOWS\secure.html and no
Spyware remover has been able to remove it. Thereafter, I
could not enter the control panel to Add/Remove Programs.
Later that day, my Windows Explorer began to freeze and I
got the "Not Responding" message. Since then I have not
been able to open My Computer or Explore the C: Drive at
all. All of my programs seem to be running fine. Internet
Explorer now has a pop-up add everytime I open it and it
is not something you would want your children to see. What
do you suggest the best thing to do is?

http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Explorer caused"; Windows 98; Full Text; Exact Phrase; comes up
with many, inc. these that mention My Computer...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...22&Product=w98
Err Msg: Explorer Caused a Page Fault in Module Shell32.dll
(148322) - When you try to open My Computer, Control Panel, or the
Printers folder, you may receive one of the following error messages:
Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module Shell32.dll. -or-
Explorer caused a divide error in module Shell32.dll.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...52&Product=w98
Error Message: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Pdm.dll
(227152) - When you use Windows Explorer or features in Windows that use
Windows Explorer (such as My Computer), you may receive the following
error message: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in PDM.DLL.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...59&Product=w98
An Invalid Page Fault Occurs in Module Shdocvw.dll When You Open My
Computer or Control Panel
(311359) - When you attempt to open My Computer or Control Panel, you
may receive the following error message: Explorer caused an invalid page
fault in module SHDOCVW.dll


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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

"Marcus" wrote in message
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| I have an issue with my Windows Explorer. I recently had
| my homepage switched to C:\WINDOWS\secure.html and no
| Spyware remover has been able to remove it. Thereafter, I
| could not enter the control panel to Add/Remove Programs.
| Later that day, my Windows Explorer began to freeze and I
| got the "Not Responding" message. Since then I have not
| been able to open My Computer or Explore the C: Drive at
| all. All of my programs seem to be running fine. Internet
| Explorer now has a pop-up add everytime I open it and it
| is not something you would want your children to see. What
| do you suggest the best thing to do is?