window suddenly closes

[howldog]

Hi

I've only been using XP about a week. things ran smoothly for first
few days. I've got a folder full of work, probably about twenty files
in it. If I try to access it, or click a file to open it, the window
suddenly disappears. If I try to access one of the files in the folder
thru the OPEN command, the program crashes. If I try to save a new
file to that folder, the program locks up.

I've tried moving the folder to another location. renaming the folder.
Any action works for a couple of hours then the problem repeats.

Any ideas what might cause this?

 

[Guest]

R.click the file or folder,select "open with" if it exist,otherwise open folder
you can also select properties,see what xp shows for it.

 

[Nick Burns]

Hi

I've only been using XP about a week. things ran smoothly for first
few days. I've got a folder full of work, probably about twenty files
in it. If I try to access it, or click a file to open it, the window
suddenly disappears. If I try to access one of the files in the folder
thru the OPEN command, the program crashes. If I try to save a new
file to that folder, the program locks up.

I've tried moving the folder to another location. renaming the folder.
Any action works for a couple of hours then the problem repeats.

Any ideas what might cause this?
Virus/worm/malware

 

[Malvern]

What you describe is what I read that Sasser worm does, among other things.
Check out Bruce's earlier post copied below:

Malv

Greetings --

A tool is available to remove the Sasser worm variants
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841720

W32.Sasser.Worm Removal Tool
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.removal.t
ool.html

McAfee AVert Stinger Virus Removal Tool
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/


Bruce Chambers

 

[howldog]

What you describe is what I read that Sasser worm does, among other things.
Check out Bruce's earlier post copied below:

Malv

Greetings --

A tool is available to remove the Sasser worm variants
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841720

thanks, my machine had no critical updates to be found, and, running
the diagnostic tool, said i was not infected.

any other ideas?