Explorer keeps closing , please help

[LouisG]

ever since i removed a copy of Avg Pro and went back to the Avg free
version i've had a problem with explorer closing on me and having my
taskbar/sys tray disappear. I have to open all my programs via
taskmanager and if i try to open another explorer.exe it stays open for a
short time then closes again.

I've scanned with Avg , Malware programs , Spybot etc and cleaned
whatever its found , but still have problem with it crashing. The odd
thing is that if i disconnect my modem from the 'net , i don't have this
problem , but if i go into safe mode and try to run some security
programs there i have the same thing happening.

I've run HiJackThis and the only files that seem out of place are two
instances of a .dll file rqRHyaXo.dll ,if i try to delete , move or
rename it states that it is in use. I've tried everything to get rid of
this thinking it might be the culprit , but nothing works.

Please can someone help!

Also system restore only shows todays date!

Thanks Gord

 

[Kelly]

Hmm, this doesn't sound right. Try removing all copies of the program and
also disable everything listed under Start/Run: msconfig - Startup. Check
under the Services Tab as well - hide all MS - uncheck accordingly there
then reboot.

Good luck and keep us posted.

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