Posted: 11/12/2004 3:37:36 AM EDT
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OK i have WinME (yeah its shit but dad wont let me upgrade). WHen I hit ctrl alt del, there is a prgram running called "Iexplore" or "lexplore", i duno which. I think they are spyware but spy bot isnt picking anything up. Adaware picks them up, but when I go to delete them, it quarantines them, then says DELETING with that bar thingy.....and nothing happens. Adaware hasnt frozen or anything, it just stops doing stuff. It doesnt get rid of the shit, it just stops in its tracks... Iexplore seems to be fuckin up my comp bad. I have about 40? of them going and I dont have internet explorer going or anything. I have norton antivirus 2003 and its fully updated and its not picking up anything. WTF mate? |
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I've had problems with Norton not detecting certain viruses. If I know or think there is a virus on my machine and norton doesn't catch it, I go to http://housecall.antivirus.com and run their free scan. It's caught a bunch that norton missed. You may also want to update internet explorer at the microsoft site. Sometimes that will solve most of the problems. |
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Sounds similar to the way the "Better Internet" assware acts. All these Iexplore items typically each are connected to some popup / popunder. If you have Adaware installed, the lavasoft website used to have a tool for removing "Better Internet". Follow the instructions explicitly. It worked for me, but its not clear yet what you have. "Better Internet" had a way of getting itself back into the registry right after you removed it. If you can run Adaware from safe mode, I'd try that to clean up a bit first. Spybot is better than nothing, but Adaware is better by far, if you ask me. None of the antivirus programs would do anything about this, BTW. |
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 Oh man! You hit the nail on the head with that one!  |
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If you upgrade your Internet Explorer: Do not get 6.0! Get 5.5 only with M.E. Heres a link. Get IE 5.5 for Win ME If you already have it, try removing any and all search bars and freeware. They may be the source even if it is brand name shit I've seen Yahoo cause this issue. Also Open IE go to tools/internet options and delete cookies and restore all default privacy/security settings. & Delete the Quarantined files in Ad-aware. How many running processes do you have running when you scan with AdAware? If that does not help. Go to start menu, click on RUN, type in "sfc /scannow" minus the "". This utility should scan and replace any corrupted IE program files. I'm not sure if this will work with ME but the 1st options should help ya. Best of luck. K |
Adaware isnt deleting anything. It detects them, then says quarantining, then deleting.....but nothing happens...it just keeps saying "deleting" and going nowhere further. |