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Explorer.exe crashes
I'm having BIG issues. I accidentally downloade Virtumonde last night and
have ran McAfee virus scan enterprise and Spybot and both have gotten rid of the trojan and spyware...at least that's what they tell me. Now spybot tells me that there are registry changes happening from time to time and anytime I try to start the control panel or My Computer, explorer.exe crashes and reboots. I am needing help! I'm about ready to just re-install Vista and go back to factory settings and start all over again. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated! |
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Explorer.exe crashes
Josh Y. wrote:
I'm having BIG issues. I accidentally downloade Virtumonde last night and have ran McAfee virus scan enterprise and Spybot and both have gotten rid of the trojan and spyware...at least that's what they tell me. Now spybot tells me that there are registry changes happening from time to time and anytime I try to start the control panel or My Computer, explorer.exe crashes and reboots. I am needing help! I'm about ready to just re-install Vista and go back to factory settings and start all over again. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated! It doesn't sound like the machine is clean. Pick one of the specialty forums listed below in no particular order, register, read its posting FAQ, and post a HijackThis log there for guided help. Please do *not* post your HJT log *here*. The alternative is to do what you are about ready to do: back up your data and return the laptop to factory condition. http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm - HijackThis tutorial by Merijn http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=42 - another tutorial http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and the stickies *first*. http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9 http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://castlecops.com/forum67.html http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...splay.php?f=25 http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malwa..._Here-f37.html http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum...?showforum=170 http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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Explorer.exe crashes
Thanks for the help...I'll try that later on today and see what I can come up
with. "Malke" wrote: Josh Y. wrote: I'm having BIG issues. I accidentally downloade Virtumonde last night and have ran McAfee virus scan enterprise and Spybot and both have gotten rid of the trojan and spyware...at least that's what they tell me. Now spybot tells me that there are registry changes happening from time to time and anytime I try to start the control panel or My Computer, explorer.exe crashes and reboots. I am needing help! I'm about ready to just re-install Vista and go back to factory settings and start all over again. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated! It doesn't sound like the machine is clean. Pick one of the specialty forums listed below in no particular order, register, read its posting FAQ, and post a HijackThis log there for guided help. Please do *not* post your HJT log *here*. The alternative is to do what you are about ready to do: back up your data and return the laptop to factory condition. http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm - HijackThis tutorial by Merijn http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=42 - another tutorial http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and the stickies *first*. http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9 http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://castlecops.com/forum67.html http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...splay.php?f=25 http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malwa..._Here-f37.html http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum...?showforum=170 http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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Explorer.exe crashes
IIRC, look for "Vundofix" to remove that infection.
"Josh Y." wrote in message ... Thanks for the help...I'll try that later on today and see what I can come up with. "Malke" wrote: Josh Y. wrote: I'm having BIG issues. I accidentally downloade Virtumonde last night and have ran McAfee virus scan enterprise and Spybot and both have gotten rid of the trojan and spyware...at least that's what they tell me. Now spybot tells me that there are registry changes happening from time to time and anytime I try to start the control panel or My Computer, explorer.exe crashes and reboots. I am needing help! I'm about ready to just re-install Vista and go back to factory settings and start all over again. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated! It doesn't sound like the machine is clean. Pick one of the specialty forums listed below in no particular order, register, read its posting FAQ, and post a HijackThis log there for guided help. Please do *not* post your HJT log *here*. The alternative is to do what you are about ready to do: back up your data and return the laptop to factory condition. http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm - HijackThis tutorial by Merijn http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=42 - another tutorial http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and the stickies *first*. http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9 http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://castlecops.com/forum67.html http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...splay.php?f=25 http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malwa..._Here-f37.html http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum...?showforum=170 http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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Explorer.exe crashes
I did what Malke told me to do and did a Hijack This scan and posted the log
over at aumha...and they've really been working with me. Took about an hour tonight through various scans and my computer is looking good...so far. They're going to take a look at more logs and see if there's anything else I need to look at, but explorer.exe is not failing anymore! And my computer seems to be running normally! WOW! My computer was seriously infected... "Josh Y." wrote: I'm having BIG issues. I accidentally downloade Virtumonde last night and have ran McAfee virus scan enterprise and Spybot and both have gotten rid of the trojan and spyware...at least that's what they tell me. Now spybot tells me that there are registry changes happening from time to time and anytime I try to start the control panel or My Computer, explorer.exe crashes and reboots. I am needing help! I'm about ready to just re-install Vista and go back to factory settings and start all over again. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated! |
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Explorer.exe crashes
Josh Y. wrote:
I did what Malke told me to do and did a Hijack This scan and posted the log over at aumha...and they've really been working with me. Took about an hour tonight through various scans and my computer is looking good...so far. They're going to take a look at more logs and see if there's anything else I need to look at, but explorer.exe is not failing anymore! And my computer seems to be running normally! WOW! My computer was seriously infected... I'm so glad you did this and it's working out for you. The folks over at the AumHA HJT forums are truly awesome. Thanks for taking the time to post back here. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |