IE6 WILL NOT LAUNCH ON WINDOWS 2000

[Sophs]

Did a virus scan and whilst running it, Windows Explorer
and Internet closed - with some quick message saying
there was an error... and that some file was corrupted
(may hbinstll... or something looking like this!). Not
sure if it's related. Using Windows 2000

Since then, it has been impossible to launch the internet
either from the desktop icon, the taksbar or the Start
menu.

Please help.
TQ
Sophs

 

[H Leboeuf]

The closest I could find on hpins(*) is this parasite.

Hotbar http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/HotBar.html
Files: ctor.dll, Hbhostie.dll, hbsrv, hbcoresrv, hbcoreservices, hbhostol,
hbinstie, hbtoolbar
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Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

More: This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Additional link:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

You may need this removal tool.
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
More: Removal tool: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe


Important: "So how did I get infected in the first place?"
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=3051


Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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