Explorer 8 freezing when downloading...

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Coreano, Aug 7, 2012.

  1. Coreano

    Coreano Private E-2

    I recently had virus, trojan, hijacker, spywareonline, and some adwares, but they are all fixed, esp with help with safe mode and SuperAniSpyware..

    Computer became fast and now I think everything is good, but whenever I download, the download window (the small one that pops up after u click download) always freeze and turns white, you put ur mouse on top and u will see sandglass.. it freezes about 5-10 seconds, affecting other tasks, so if you try to ignore and open another programs and whatnot, those will be slow down because of that stupid download thing is freezing. This happens regardless of the size of the file I'm downloading.

    I have to admit the virus that I had and some of them were in exe extension files. I'm not realy sure but if I try to download exe files, it tends to freeze. If I try to dl other types of extension, it seems ok...

    so do I still have a virus? should I reinstall explorer 8?
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    If you want us to check whether your problems are related to malware you need to run the below cleaning procedure and provide us with the requested logs.

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    Otherwise, for Windows related problems, you should post in the Software Forum.
     
  3. Coreano

    Coreano Private E-2

    ok. and thanks for the help.
    Whoa. that looks long stuffs to read, I will take a look at it later.
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    It's not all that bad. There is a lot of additional info there to help guide less experienced people and address lots of questions that we typically get. It saves us and users time wasted in posting additionaly messages and waiting for answers. ;) Plus is is a comprehensive cleaning process, not just a quick bandaid. Bandaid approaches lead to more malware issues being exerienced very soon after the bandaid is applied.
     

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