Explorer.exe

[Don]

After installing several patches on Dell 8200 Dementia.
Clicking on anything on the right side of the Start Menu
or clicking on My Documents or My Computer icons on the
desktop causes all of the icons and the taskbar to
disappear and then reappear. Essentially Explorer crashes
and comes back. Read some where of an .lnk exploit. Would
this be at work here? What should I do? Start
uninstalling patches until functionality returns? Use xp
cd to repair? Find the .lnk file and remove it some how?
What will work?

Thank you,
Don

 

[Malke]

After installing several patches on Dell 8200 Dementia.
Clicking on anything on the right side of the Start Menu
or clicking on My Documents or My Computer icons on the
desktop causes all of the icons and the taskbar to
disappear and then reappear. Essentially Explorer crashes
and comes back. Read some where of an .lnk exploit. Would
this be at work here? What should I do? Start
uninstalling patches until functionality returns? Use xp
cd to repair? Find the .lnk file and remove it some how?
What will work?

Thank you,
Don

Try here first:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm - slow right-click and
other issues

As far as worrying about exploits, protect yourself by having a current
version (not earlier than 2003) antivirus installed and a firewall.

Malke

 

[Don]

....Malke wrote...
Try here first:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm - slow right-
click and
other issues

As far as worrying about exploits, protect yourself by
having a current
version (not earlier than 2003) antivirus installed and a
firewall.

Malke
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

....Don Wrote...
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. I
just wanted to make sure that since you gave me a generic
right click issue for resolution, which I did se before
posting here, that you have not seen or heard of the
issue iI am confronting.

As far as exploits go I have a latest antivirus
installed. I have run spyware scans and online virus
scans to pick up anything the latest antivirus program
won't.

The .lnk exploit I was referring to was found here
http://www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/win-lnk/

I have read through ms documents for after you install
blah blah, you may encouter...

Please let me know if you have heard of exactly the
problem I was having or if you know of an exact solution.

In the mean time if I can figure it out, I will let you
know what the solution was.

Thank you,
Don

PS. French comment is funny and so is kids need
shoes...lol

 

[Malke]

...Malke wrote...
Try here first:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm - slow right-
click and
other issues

As far as worrying about exploits, protect yourself by
having a current
version (not earlier than 2003) antivirus installed and a
firewall.

Malke
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

...Don Wrote...
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. I
just wanted to make sure that since you gave me a generic
right click issue for resolution, which I did se before
posting here, that you have not seen or heard of the
issue iI am confronting.

As far as exploits go I have a latest antivirus
installed. I have run spyware scans and online virus
scans to pick up anything the latest antivirus program
won't.

The .lnk exploit I was referring to was found here
http://www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/win-lnk/

I haven't heard of that exact exploit, but you also have to understand
that I do this for a living. I spend at a minimum several hours of
every day reading through security bulletins, tech-related bulletins,
newsgroups, mailing lists, etc. However, I can't follow up each and
every exploit because I'd get nothing else done. Obviously, I keep up
with the Big Nasties when they are raging through the Windows user
community. But mostly I just clean up clients' computers and when I
come across something that gives me trouble, do the research necessary
to kill the malware.

It sounds to me like you are adequately protected and I'd look for funky
right-click issues to be connected with something that has added itself
to the right-click context menu and perhaps isn't playing nicely with
Windows. I find that ShellExView (free) is most useful in diagnosing
those issues. You can get it here:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Glad you enjoyed my sense of humor. Take it easy, and stay safe.

Malke