Re: Error - Explorer! pop-up
From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 12/18/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:23:47 -0800
Barbara Z wrote:
> I've been working on a Dell laptop Inspiron w/ Xp. Did a bunch of
> system maintenance plus TrendMicro's Sysclean, Symantec AV, AdAware,
> Spybot,
> CWShredder. The only thing left to get rid of is this pop-up that
> appears occasionally. It is labeled Error and just says Explorer! I
> just X it out,
> but sometimes it seems nothing moves until you X it out. How to get
> rid of this permanently??? Please help!
Make sure all scans are done with updated tools in Safe Mode. I would
scan with HijackThis and also check out SilentRunners information about
removing CoolWebSearch garbage. Here are links:
HijackThis is an excellent tool to discover and disable hijackers, but
it requires expert skill. See below for HijackThis links. A combination
of HijackThis and About:Buster works well in removing the About:Blank
homepage hijacker. Again, this is an expert tool and novices should get
help with it.
Links to help with malware:
Software/Methods:
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.lavasoftusa.com - Ad-aware
http://www.majorgeeks.com - good download site
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_cwsremoval.html. - SilentRunners
HijackThis:
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm - HijackThis tutorial by Jim
Eshelman
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 - Spyware Warrior HijackThis
forum
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
General:
http://forum.aumha.org/ - look under "Security" for various forums
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Malke
-- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!"
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