Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Sunday 24.11.2024 / 16:54
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > software, operating systems and more > windows - virus and spyware problems > virus - can't open explorer
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Virus - can't open Explorer
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
ofezo
Newbie
_ 		9. June 2006 @ 19:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello,

I really don't know much about computers, but I appear to have gotten a virus where Internet Explorer won't open no matter what I try (i click on it and nothing happens). I had an icon on my desktop that said "Security Troubleshooting" and it was an .url to some website (i think "free test" was in the name of it). I can open AIM, so I know I am still connected to the internet. When I try to restart the computer, something comes up saying that iexplorer.exe is trying to shut down and if I end program I may lose information, blah blah blah. I always say end program, since it's not working anyway. I don't really know how to get rid of it, since I can't open the internet to download anything. Any help or ideas of what to do is greatly appreciated!
[ + quote]
ofezo
Newbie
_ 		9. June 2006 @ 19:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I guess I should have added that I have the latest McAfee running all the time (no help that was!) and I scanned my entire computer a few times, with no luck. Before this all happened it did say that it found a virus but it had deleted it. Then it said something about a PUP and I deleted that thinking it was related to a virus. (maybe I shouldn't have done this???). I ran Ad-Aware and deleted whatever it found too, but that didnt' help either.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > software, operating systems and more > windows - virus and spyware problems > virus - can't open explorer
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2024 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork