Explorer will not load. Takes up 100% of CPU Usage.

Well, I just got back to college, and apparently I had some trojan/spyware downloaders on my computer that are a lot deadlier now that they aren't on a 56k connection.

When I got back I started updating AVG, Spybot S&D, and Ad-aware SE personal. In the middle of the update, pop-ups started flashing all over my computer. Then a bunch of black screens that said "your computer may be at risk for spyware!" came up, telling me to download certain things and whatnot. I clicked the "X" button to close them out, and then my comp froze.

I rebooted, and now explorer doesn't load. I get my wallpaper and my mouse, but that's it. Not toolbars, no desktop, no quicklinks, nothing. Can't right or left click on the desktop.

I can get to the task manager from Ctrl+Alt+Delete, but it takes about 3 minutes for it to appear.


I deleted a lot of adware/spyware/trojans/whatever from my PC by ending explorer from the task manager (my pc sped up considerably) and manually opening my anti-spyware stuff from there.

My other account on this computer has the same pop-ups, but explorer loads on this account.

I use windows XP.

Any idea where to start? :\

 

What malware / spyware programs have you run so far to remove the pests? Any success with any of them?


How did you manually delete them? What browser, antivirus, and firewall do you currently use on said computer? What OS are you using? http://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/confused.gif Much more information please.

 

Sorry I missed the XP at the end! http://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/redface.gif


Do you currently use Spyware Blaster?