Just stopped working

[Box 666]

1st problem started Sunday
Internet Explorer 6 stopped working - tried reinstalling - still nothing
when you click on it. ( but email is ok)
2nd Problem started late Sunday
Windows Explorer slows to a crawl, not quite dead stop but very, very slow
3rd Problem Desk started Monday
Desk top icons do not open properly, I have some folders on my Desktop, if I
click on it the folder opens ok, but if I then click on an icon in the
folder everything freezes.

Virus checked pc and all is ok

So all in all a good week so far. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Bob

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

1st problem started Sunday
Internet Explorer 6 stopped working - tried reinstalling - still
nothing when you click on it. ( but email is ok)
2nd Problem started late Sunday
Windows Explorer slows to a crawl, not quite dead stop but very, very
slow 3rd Problem Desk started Monday
Desk top icons do not open properly, I have some folders on my
Desktop, if I click on it the folder opens ok, but if I then click on
an icon in the folder everything freezes.

Virus checked pc and all is ok

So all in all a good week so far. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Bob

Open the Internet Options applet in Control Panel
Uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions" on the Advanced tab.
You may also have to set the Home Page to about:blank

Then eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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