If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Error in Explorer
Everything was fine on my computer until recently when i
started getting an error message in Windows ME shortly after reboot: Explorer has caused error ~8272807082.TMP. Explorer will now close. If i close it, everything disappears except the picture on my desktop. But i can go on, like i am now, not touching it and everything can function. Can someone help to get rid of it and fix the problem? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Error in Explorer
Such a message is an indication that your PC is host to some unwanted malware.
Check your system using your preferred antivirus application making sure first that you are using an updated current set of viral reference signatures. This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as good as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program called BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that checks for unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help prevent some parasites getting a grip on your PC. Then there is CWShredder (http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of which can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.. Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html). Create a folder called hijackthis on C: and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log, provided that it isn't too long, to this thread, otherwise to the HijackThis Forum at http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ and hopefully this will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem. --? Mike Maltby MS-MVP wrote: Everything was fine on my computer until recently when i started getting an error message in Windows ME shortly after reboot: Explorer has caused error ~8272807082.TMP. Explorer will now close. If i close it, everything disappears except the picture on my desktop. But i can go on, like i am now, not touching it and everything can function. Can someone help to get rid of it and fix the problem? |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Internet Explorer problem | Francis Marsden | General | 8 | June 15th 04 07:59 PM |
ATTENTION! New Explorer Error that is affecting so many... | lowboyone | General | 2 | June 8th 04 01:46 PM |
Problems with Explorer | Trev | Software & Applications | 2 | June 1st 04 02:32 PM |
PLEASE HELP ME! - error in internet explorer, internet explorer will now close! | bdmeekin | Software & Applications | 6 | May 30th 04 01:49 AM |
Explorer | Peter | Software & Applications | 2 | May 29th 04 10:43 PM |