Explorer.exe

pnihill2000 · May 4, 2008

Ugghh. I've been searching EVERYWHERE trying EVERYTHING for the last 3 weeks and NOTHING works.

Ok so here are problems I face:

- Upon starting up explorer.exe freezes, I must close it, then run it manually through task manager

- Kaspersky reports all my files are infected: firefox, some window files, adobe, ect.... things that shouldn't be. I'll disinfect them which will allow for a proper boot. But within a couple of minutes things will be back to normal.

- I thought I had it working last night by changing the boot order of certain drives, but awoke to a new problem. Being informed Service Pack Setup has encountered a problem and needs to close. awesome!

You can't possibly understand how much rage I've put up with trying to fix this. Here is some information in case it helps:

Computer info:
AMD Athlon 64-bit
3200+
2.00 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM
Physical Adress Extension

XP home
Service Pack 2

And before I get asked, here's a Hijack this log:

Edit: removed inline hijackthis log

Will anybody be up for helping me with this problem ?

DavidGP · May 4, 2008

Re: Explorer.exe is being a whiny bitch

Hi and Welcome

I do know how frustrating issues like this are with PCs, but do try and refrain from language that is not needed as this forum is for all ages, which is why your post entered the moderation queue.

As you likely already know is that malware is a massive pest these days and does its level best to hide itself in any number of places, So just a Hijackthis log will not show all the malware that can be on your PC, the full guide of our steps below has a few other logs that show alot of the malware on your PC and where they are located,

Please follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide

Once finished please start a new thread in the Malware Forum plus a guide on how to attach the logs HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post

After these are attached our malware experts will review these to see if your OK, if not they will issue you some further removal instructions,

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