N
Nigel Barraclough
Something very weird happened to my PC yesterday (XP Home SP2). The icons
and taskbar disappeared and several copies of calc.exe appeared. When I
re-booted Windows would not load up properly. I have discovered what the
basic problem is - explorer.exe has been replaced with calc.exe although the
file is still called explorer.exe - Windows seems to need explorer to boot
properly. I have also discovered that the same thing has happened to
iexplore.exe.
If I try to replace the false explorer amd iexplore files they get converted
back to calc again.
I am not aware that I have an infection. AdAware and Spybot show nothing
and I use AVG.
Has anyone seen anything like this. If yes, how do I resolve the problem.
and taskbar disappeared and several copies of calc.exe appeared. When I
re-booted Windows would not load up properly. I have discovered what the
basic problem is - explorer.exe has been replaced with calc.exe although the
file is still called explorer.exe - Windows seems to need explorer to boot
properly. I have also discovered that the same thing has happened to
iexplore.exe.
If I try to replace the false explorer amd iexplore files they get converted
back to calc again.
I am not aware that I have an infection. AdAware and Spybot show nothing
and I use AVG.
Has anyone seen anything like this. If yes, how do I resolve the problem.