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VX2.dll error message, explorer
I get this vx2.dll error message and I can't open
explorer, let alone anything, like Search, or Control Panels etc. And the Explorer icon has superimposed itself on most of my desktop icons. wussup? Need to reinstall ME disc? |
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VX2.dll error message, explorer
VX2.DLL
You have picked up a parasite. For details see: Parasite:Transponder http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Transponder.html, and, http://www.cexx.org/vx2.htm which states: "If you have this unwanted guest you probably have others as well. Get a copy of AdAware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com, install it, run it and download the latest updates, then scan your system and clean everything it finds. When complete, restart the system and scan it again. Keep scanning, cleaning and restarting until the system tests clean. Some stubborn pests may require a restart in Safe Mode to clean them if they persist through several scan/clean cycles. You may also want to get the CoolWeb Shredder from here since it targets one specific, often-changing spyware program - see http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html CWShredder can be downloaded from either: http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip In addition I would also recommend that you also download and use Patrick Kolla's SpyBot S & D which can be found at http://www.safer-networking.org/ since SpyBot will often pick up parasites missed by AdAware. --? Mike Maltby MS-MVP Wilton wrote: I get this vx2.dll error message and I can't open explorer, let alone anything, like Search, or Control Panels etc. And the Explorer icon has superimposed itself on most of my desktop icons. wussup? Need to reinstall ME disc? |
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VX2.dll error message, explorer
Thanks for that, I have run Spybot and it seems to have=20
solved the problem. Now I still have those ubiquitous IE=20 icons all over my desktop, covering the original icons. Is=20 this a symptom of the parasite? -----Original Message----- VX2.DLL You have picked up a parasite. For details see: Parasite:Transponder=20 http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Transponder.html, and, http://www.cexx.org/vx2.htm which states: "If you have this unwanted guest you probably have others=20 as well. Get a copy of AdAware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com, install=20 it, run it and download the latest updates, then scan your system and=20 clean everything it finds. When complete, restart the system and scan it=20 again. Keep scanning, cleaning and restarting until the system tests clean. =20 Some stubborn pests may require a restart in Safe Mode to clean them if they=20 persist through several scan/clean cycles. You may also want to get the CoolWeb Shredder from here=20 since it targets one specific, often-changing spyware program - see http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html CWShredder can be downloaded from either: http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip In addition I would also recommend that you also download=20 and use Patrick Kolla's SpyBot S & D which can be found at=20 http://www.safer-networking.org/ since SpyBot will often pick up parasites missed by=20 AdAware. --=81 Mike Maltby MS-MVP Wilton wrote: I get this vx2.dll error message and I can't open explorer, let alone anything, like Search, or Control Panels etc. And the Explorer icon has superimposed=20 itself on most of my desktop icons. wussup? Need to reinstall=20 ME disc? . |
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VX2.dll error message, explorer
What you are seeing isn't a parasite but rather probably the result of a
corrupt icon cache. Look for and delete the file SHELLICONCACHE It has no extension). This file, in the windows folder, is a hidden file so to see it when using Explorer it is first essential to enable the viewing of such files (Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View and check the button "Show hidden files and folders" in the section "Hidden files and folders"). Reboot and the icon cache will automatically be rebuilt and hopefully fix the problem. If it doesn't the size of the cache possibly needs to be increased. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP wrote: Thanks for that, I have run Spybot and it seems to have solved the problem. Now I still have those ubiquitous IE icons all over my desktop, covering the original icons. Is this a symptom of the parasite? |
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