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Old September 14th 04, 10:28 AM
Viking Mail
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Default Explorer caused invalid page fault in module unknown

Hi all,

I'm having a problem with a customer's machine. It's running Win98SE /
IE5.5. Initially the machine hung as soon as the desktop appeared and would
go no further. Booting into safe mode and disabling all none-essential items
in msconfig allowed the machine to start Windows, but opening My Computer,
Recycle bin etc caused

Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 000:00000001.

The machine then hung and required a reboot. Since the machine doesn't have
it's own antivirus software (yet!) I've pulled the HDD and scanned it in
another machine. A few trojans were found and deleted, but the problem
remained. I've managed to install and run Adaware SE by running its setup
from a command prompt. It found a number of nasties including (from memory)
VX2, and duly removed them, but the problem still persists.

I've booted from a floppy and deleted the history, cookies and temp internet
folders, but that didn't help either.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

TIA,

Rob Ashburn.


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Old September 14th 04, 11:39 AM
Eric
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Apart from formatting the C: drive and performing a clean
installation of 98, making sure that any virus protection
setting in the BIOS is disabled, because it ruins the
setup, you can try running the Repair features in TweakUI:

TweakUI 1.33 - The latest version for all versions of
Windows from 95 to Me and 2000 -

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati...ads/PowerToys/
Networking/NTTweakUI.asp

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/


-----Original Message-----
Hi all,

I'm having a problem with a customer's machine. It's

running Win98SE /
IE5.5. Initially the machine hung as soon as the desktop

appeared and would
go no further. Booting into safe mode and disabling all

none-essential items
in msconfig allowed the machine to start Windows, but

opening My Computer,
Recycle bin etc caused

Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module unknown

at 000:00000001.

The machine then hung and required a reboot. Since the

machine doesn't have
it's own antivirus software (yet!) I've pulled the HDD

and scanned it in
another machine. A few trojans were found and deleted,

but the problem
remained. I've managed to install and run Adaware SE by

running its setup
from a command prompt. It found a number of nasties

including (from memory)
VX2, and duly removed them, but the problem still

persists.

I've booted from a floppy and deleted the history,

cookies and temp internet
folders, but that didn't help either.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

TIA,

Rob Ashburn.


.

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Old September 14th 04, 05:17 PM
samsie
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check your hard drive you might have a bad hard drive and
try instaling win98se on it again and if it starts trying
to fix the hard drive start looking for another hard drive












  #4  
Old September 14th 04, 07:44 PM
Brian A.
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Download/run HijackThis from:
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Do not remove anything with it until you get advice on what to remove, HJThis will
list many apps that are needed along with the bad ones. Removing items listed
hap-hazardly without knowing what they are can/will create a royal mess. Read the
quick start here on how to create a log file that can be copied/pasted into a forum
that can provide assistance on removal of unwanted pests.
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/#quick

Then post the logs to an appropriate NG here where they specialize in
spyware/hijacker removal:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

http://forum.aumha.org/

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Viking Mail" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I'm having a problem with a customer's machine. It's running Win98SE /
IE5.5. Initially the machine hung as soon as the desktop appeared and would
go no further. Booting into safe mode and disabling all none-essential items
in msconfig allowed the machine to start Windows, but opening My Computer,
Recycle bin etc caused

Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 000:00000001.

The machine then hung and required a reboot. Since the machine doesn't have
it's own antivirus software (yet!) I've pulled the HDD and scanned it in
another machine. A few trojans were found and deleted, but the problem
remained. I've managed to install and run Adaware SE by running its setup
from a command prompt. It found a number of nasties including (from memory)
VX2, and duly removed them, but the problem still persists.

I've booted from a floppy and deleted the history, cookies and temp internet
folders, but that didn't help either.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

TIA,

Rob Ashburn.



  #5  
Old September 14th 04, 11:15 PM
PCR
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http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/errexplo.htm#ERRUNKNOWN
Truly a fine collection of the unknown, at Leboeuf's.

Here's everything from
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module unknown";
Windows 98; Exact Match; Full Text.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;249248
Error Message Starting Browser Program with Damaged Go!Zilla
Installation
(249248) - When you start your Web browser program, you may receive the
following error message: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module
unknown.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;311180
"Invalid Page Fault in Module" Error Message When You Click Properties
on Shortcut Menu
(311180) - When you right-click a file and then click Properties on the
shortcut menu that appears, you may receive an error message similar to
the following: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module UNKNOWN
at 0000:00000000 -or- When you start Windows,...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;298343
The Error Message "Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
Unknown" Is Displayed When Starting Windows
(298343) - After you upgrade Internet Explorer, when you attempt to
restart the computer you may receive an error message similar to one of
the following errors: Explorer caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
unknown -or- The Comctl32.dll file cannot start....

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;171753
Invalid Page Fault Opening Control Panel
(171753) - When you attempt to open Control Panel, an invalid page fault
may occur in Kernel32.dll. You may receive one of the following error
message: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.dll at
xxxx:xxxxxxxx -or- Explorer caused an...


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

"Viking Mail" wrote in message
...
| Hi all,
|
| I'm having a problem with a customer's machine. It's running Win98SE /
| IE5.5. Initially the machine hung as soon as the desktop appeared and
would
| go no further. Booting into safe mode and disabling all none-essential
items
| in msconfig allowed the machine to start Windows, but opening My
Computer,
| Recycle bin etc caused
|
| Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at
000:00000001.
|
| The machine then hung and required a reboot. Since the machine doesn't
have
| it's own antivirus software (yet!) I've pulled the HDD and scanned it
in
| another machine. A few trojans were found and deleted, but the problem
| remained. I've managed to install and run Adaware SE by running its
setup
| from a command prompt. It found a number of nasties including (from
memory)
| VX2, and duly removed them, but the problem still persists.
|
| I've booted from a floppy and deleted the history, cookies and temp
internet
| folders, but that didn't help either.
|
| Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
|
| TIA,
|
| Rob Ashburn.
|
|


  #6  
Old September 16th 04, 09:08 PM
Viking Mail
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Just a quick followup to this - I downloaded HijackThis and posted the log
to the spywareinfo forums. With a great deal of help from H@ns on the PC
Troubleshooting forum the problem now looks to be resolved :-)

Thanks to all who posted suggestions!

Rob.

"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
...
Download/run HijackThis from:
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Do not remove anything with it until you get advice on what to remove,

HJThis will
list many apps that are needed along with the bad ones. Removing items

listed
hap-hazardly without knowing what they are can/will create a royal mess.

Read the
quick start here on how to create a log file that can be copied/pasted

into a forum
that can provide assistance on removal of unwanted pests.
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/#quick

Then post the logs to an appropriate NG here where they specialize in
spyware/hijacker removal:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

http://forum.aumha.org/

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm




  #7  
Old September 16th 04, 09:53 PM
PCR
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You are welcome. Glad to hear it.

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

"Viking Mail" wrote in message
...
| Just a quick followup to this - I downloaded HijackThis and posted the
log
| to the spywareinfo forums. With a great deal of help from H@ns on the
PC
| Troubleshooting forum the problem now looks to be resolved :-)
|
| Thanks to all who posted suggestions!
|
| Rob.
|
| "Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
| ...
| Download/run HijackThis from:
|
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
|
| Do not remove anything with it until you get advice on what to
remove,
| HJThis will
| list many apps that are needed along with the bad ones. Removing
items
| listed
| hap-hazardly without knowing what they are can/will create a royal
mess.
| Read the
| quick start here on how to create a log file that can be
copied/pasted
| into a forum
| that can provide assistance on removal of unwanted pests.
| http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/#quick
|
| Then post the logs to an appropriate NG here where they specialize
in
| spyware/hijacker removal:
| http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
|
| http://forum.aumha.org/
|
| --
| Brian A.
|
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
|


  #8  
Old September 16th 04, 10:00 PM
Brian A.
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Glad to hear you followed up on HJThis and resolved the issue. Now so it doesn't
rear it's ugly head again any time soon:

All suggested below are free.
Get an antivirus app and firewall:
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1016.html
www.grisoft.com

In case you can not get your machine booted, then the need arises for a DOS based av;
http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/ ---Don't forget the latest definitions
as well from the same download page.

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten....jsp?lid=ho_za

It’s also a good idea to have a HOSTS file to block bad sites, scroll to HOSTS File
Manager he
http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/Software.htm

Another good app is SpywareBlaster which stops the badboys before they even get a
chance to install:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Viking Mail" wrote in message
...
Just a quick followup to this - I downloaded HijackThis and posted the log
to the spywareinfo forums. With a great deal of help from H@ns on the PC
Troubleshooting forum the problem now looks to be resolved :-)

Thanks to all who posted suggestions!

Rob.

"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
...
Download/run HijackThis from:
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Do not remove anything with it until you get advice on what to remove,

HJThis will
list many apps that are needed along with the bad ones. Removing items

listed
hap-hazardly without knowing what they are can/will create a royal mess.

Read the
quick start here on how to create a log file that can be copied/pasted

into a forum
that can provide assistance on removal of unwanted pests.
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/#quick

Then post the logs to an appropriate NG here where they specialize in
spyware/hijacker removal:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

http://forum.aumha.org/

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm





 




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