RE: ....generated an error and will be closed by windows......

Hello - I am having the same troubles as you are, and I wondered if you had
any new info or if you had to reformat your drive and reinstall windows? I
really thought I might have some sort of virus since i didn't begin having
problems until about a week ago when I installed WinMX. I also used spybot,
adaware, and MS's antispyware program with only temporary results. I am
really hoping I don't have to reformat and lose everything, but I am afraid
that if I save what I want, the problem will be saved along with it. Any help
will be appreciated. Thanx ~~ C

"truebluesubaru" wrote:

> My computer is plagued by spyware and adware. I use Ad-Aware, MS
> Anti-Spyware Beta, in conjunction with my SBC/Yahoo DSL software package of
> Anti-spyware, Anti-Virus and Popup Blocker.
>
> I was pleased with the MS Spyware at first, but it says it removes the
> adware/spyware, but as soon as I reboot they are all back. I reboot
> immediately after running the scan, but they still come back. The same with
> Ad-Aware. I even tried running them in Safe Mode-same result. How are these
> adware/spyware programs regenerating themselves and why isn't the anti
> spyware programs cleaning them off completely?
>
> But now I have even a bigger problem. Every time I try to run a
> program--any program--I get the following error message:
>
> ****.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need
> to restart the program. An error log is being created.
>
> I get this error when:
> -some (not all, just some) programs load from startup (?) after I log
> on..i.e. osa.exe (microsoft office)
> -I try to use the run command to open the command line
> -I try to open any EXE file---Freecell, PaperPort, Mahjongg, Microsoft
> Spyware Bet, Ad-Aware and even Notepad (which means I cannot read the log
> file it creates!!!)
>
> The only exceptions are Word, Outlook, Excel or Internet Explorer. These
> bring up the dialogue box:
>
> Microsoft ***** has encountered an error, etc etc etc.....do you want to
> send a copy of this error report to Microsoft?
>
> And it has a checkbox to restart the application, and when it restarts it is
> ok. I can't even look in the event viewer because mmc.exe generates an
> error.........!! I hope someone out there can help me because I'm getting
> very exasperated and frustrated. Thank you.
>
> PS. Is there a listing somewhere of every file and directory (hidden or
> not) that W2K installs so that I can check to make sure my files are still
> the original installation version and not corrupted?
.

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