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windows 98 and spybot
I have helped a friend get their Gateway desktop with windows 98 cleaned up.
I have run Mcafee, reinstalled all software and had one error message showing up - "bss5x" I was advised here it is adware and to try and clear with spybot. Ran spybot and found 322 ad files. Ran again and found 32 more. When i went to delete the files, system crashed. When I boot, i get to a screen that says "illegal Explorer error"and can go no further. Is there any software i can buy to totally clear this harddrive and start over. This person used unsafe websites. -- Roger |
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"Rogerinthecity" wrote in message
... I have helped a friend get their Gateway desktop with windows 98 cleaned up. I have run Mcafee, reinstalled all software and had one error message showing up - "bss5x" I was advised here it is adware and to try and clear with spybot. Ran spybot and found 322 ad files. Ran again and found 32 more. When i went to delete the files, system crashed. When I boot, i get to a screen that says "illegal Explorer error"and can go no further. Is there any software i can buy to totally clear this harddrive and start over. This person used unsafe websites. From your own resources you can save the list of files to a text file, and edit it to turn it into a BATch file to DELete c:\filepath\filename every one separately. Then boot DOS and execute this BAT file. (Then boot Windows and interpret the error messages "file not found.") -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "EXPLORER caused"; Windows 98; Full Text; Exact Phrase; produces many, including... http://support.microsoft.com/default...96&Product=w98 Error Message When You Open a New Folder (259096) - When you attempt do any of the following:Open a new window in Microsoft Internet Explorer -or- Create a new folder on the desktop, or in Windows Explorer, and then attempt to open the folder. You may receive the following error message: EXPLORER... http://support.microsoft.com/default...09&Product=w98 Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module... (191609) - When you start your Windows 98-based or Windows Millennium Edition-based computer, you may receive the following error message: Explorer: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the... 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 Err Msg: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Shell32.dll at 015f:7fce85c0 (222952) - When you are using the Novell IntraNetWare client (Client32 version 3.x) to log on and off a Novell NetWare 5 network, you may receive the following error message: EXPLORER caused an Invalid Page Fault in module SHELL32.DLL at address -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Rogerinthecity" wrote in message ... | I have helped a friend get their Gateway desktop with windows 98 cleaned up. | I have run Mcafee, reinstalled all software and had one error message showing | up - "bss5x" | I was advised here it is adware and to try and clear with spybot. Ran | spybot and found 322 ad files. Ran again and found 32 more. When i went to | delete the files, system crashed. When I boot, i get to a screen that says | "illegal Explorer error"and can go no further. | | Is there any software i can buy to totally clear this harddrive and start | over. This person used unsafe websites. | -- | Roger |
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If you have no Windows Installation CD, then boot to DOS, & enter...
DIR C:\Win98*.cab /s /a /p ....If 55 of them show up, the folder that contains them IS your Installation CD. BUT, first, can you boot to Safe Mode? Hold F5 or CTRL as you boot to see. If you get there, then there may be other solutions. Otherwise... Explorer & IE are basically one & the same. Therefore, may as well try this write-up, originally from a Gateway WEB site, which is a temporary reversion to an earlier version of IE... ONE THING: Do nothing more than stated here using Winfile, because, if you move a file with it, you will lose that file's LFN (Long File Name) in the destination. Desktop Icons and Taskbar Are Missing Affected Products: Software, System CDs Affected Operating Systems: Windows® 98 , Windows® 98 SE, Windows® Me ISSUE: After starting Microsoft® Windows® 98 or Windows Me, the taskbar is missing and there are no icons. When starting Windows, the taskbar may flash on for a brief second and then disappear. The only display visible is the background wallpaper and the mouse cursor. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE brings up the Close Program dialog box, but selecting End Task on the items on the list may not have an effect. When the computer is started into Safe mode, the issue still occurs. Running Scanreg /Restore does not resolve the issue. There have been several reports that the issue occurred when restarting the computer after receiving a dialog box that displays "Virus/spyware found. Do you wish to remove?" or "Do you want to install Spyware Monitor?" The dialog box only has Yes or No selections, and selecting either can cause the issue. There is no X to close the dialog box, however pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE to bring up the Close Program dialog box lists a "Remove found spyware?" entry, which can be end tasked. (1) Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, & click Shut Down. (2) After the computer has been shut down, turn on the computer. Hold CTRL as you boot for the Startup Menu, or begin pressing the F8 key in one-second intervals. If you complete this step successfully, the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu is displayed. If no menu is displayed and Windows starts up normally, repeat this step. (3) At the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu, use the ARROW keys to select "Command Prompt Only", and then press the ENTER key. (4) At the command prompt, type: EDIT C:\Windows\System.ini Press ENTER. (5) In the C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI file, locate the line of text under the [boot] section that lists "Shell=Explorer.exe". This is typically the third line in the file. (6) Edit the "Shell=Explorer.exe" line by deleting the "Explorer.exe" text and replacing it with "Winfile.exe". The line should list the following: Shell=Winfile.exe (7) To save the changes... (a) Press the ALT+F+X keys separately. A "Save File" requestor appears. (b) Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the command prompt. (TAB navigates the buttons of the requestor.) (8) At the command prompt, restart the computer by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys. Once Windows has restarted, it starts into the Windows File Manager (Winfile.exe). (9) In the File Manager window, double-click "progra~1" in the left hand window to open the Program Files folder. (10) Double-click "intern~1" in the left hand window to open the Internet Explorer folder. (11) Double-click "setup" in the left hand window to open the Setup folder. (12) In the File Manager window, double-click "Setup.exe" in the right hand window to launch Internet Explorer setup. NOTE: If the setup folder is not available, Internet Explorer has not been updated and a previous version of Internet Explorer cannot be restored. You cannot use this method. Close "Winfile", shut down, & post back, or try the URL at the very bottom of this post, which is an over-install of IE. (13) In the Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools Setup window, click OK. (14) In the Setup Message dialog box, click Yes to restore the previous version of Internet Explorer. (15) Internet Explorer setup removes components. (16) In the Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools - Restart Windows dialog box, click Restart Windows. When the computer is restarting, hold CTRL for the Startup Menu, or begin pressing the F8 key in one-second intervals. If you complete this step successfully, the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu is displayed. If no menu is displayed and Windows starts up normally, repeat this step. (17) At the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu, use the ARROW keys to select Command prompt only, and then press ENTER. (18) At the command prompt, type: EDIT C:\Windows\System.ini Press ENTER. (19) In the C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI file, locate the line of text under the [boot] section that lists "Shell=Winfile.exe". This is typically the third line in the file. (20) Edit the "Shell=Winfile.exe" line by deleting the "Winfile.exe" text and replacing it with "Explorer.exe". The line should list the following: Shell=Explorer.exe (21) To save the changes... (a) Press the ALT+F+X keys separately. A "Save File" requestor appears. (b) Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the command prompt. (TAB navigates the buttons of the requestor.) (22) At the command prompt, restart the computer by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys (23) Windows starts to a blue screen, but will still be accessing the hard drive for a period of time. When finished, Windows is on the desktop with icons, but an older version of Internet Explorer is installed. You should update your antivirus software, and then perform Windows Update to install a new version of Internet Explorer again. ....snip http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249191 Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install Internet Explorer. This is a temporary reversion to an earlier IE, IF that option is present. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293174 Over-Install IE in Progman. This is an over-install of IE. I have a detailed write-up for it, if you want. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Rogerinthecity" wrote in message ... | I have helped a friend get their Gateway desktop with windows 98 cleaned up. | I have run Mcafee, reinstalled all software and had one error message showing | up - "bss5x" | I was advised here it is adware and to try and clear with spybot. Ran | spybot and found 322 ad files. Ran again and found 32 more. When i went to | delete the files, system crashed. When I boot, i get to a screen that says | "illegal Explorer error"and can go no further. | | Is there any software i can buy to totally clear this harddrive and start | over. This person used unsafe websites. | -- | Roger |
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