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Old June 24th 04, 02:18 AM
TTODD
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Default explorer has caused an error in 'unknown'

whenever I open IE 6 in a minimal box and then close, it
crashes where it says ; explorer has caused an error in '
unknown' it then proceeds to take out all my taskbar items
except for two near my clock ( I usually have 5 items,
sound/my @backup/AVG/Zone Alarm /ebay toolbar) .
what is this?? it seems to have happened after I did the
last update back at windows update..

I would like this to be corrected. i have IE 6.1 and ME
windows 4.90
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Old June 24th 04, 10:33 PM
Noel Paton
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Default explorer has caused an error in 'unknown'

Explorer errors in ,unknown are usually caused by malware.....
You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

Try BHODemon - from http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/

Download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.

(thanks to Graham Womack for the following)
Do all this in Safe Mode.......
Make a Restore Point - just in case it gets worse.
Using Regedit, search for 'Safeguard'. Make a note of the dll name (if
there's an entry at all).
Run BHODemon. Look for the same dll name The 'Details' key should give you
more information about when the entries were loaded. Disable the registry
entry.
Search your hard drive for the dll file (should be in Windows\System).
Rename it and a similar named lib file - change the extensions.
Reboot, cross your fingers and try 'My Computer'

HTH

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"TTODD" wrote in message
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whenever I open IE 6 in a minimal box and then close, it
crashes where it says ; explorer has caused an error in '
unknown' it then proceeds to take out all my taskbar items
except for two near my clock ( I usually have 5 items,
sound/my @backup/AVG/Zone Alarm /ebay toolbar) .
what is this?? it seems to have happened after I did the
last update back at windows update..

I would like this to be corrected. i have IE 6.1 and ME
windows 4.90



 




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