Advice re: possible worm???
Wednesday, September 17, 2003 by goodmorphing | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Suddenly IE won't work at all. I have tried sys restore. Cannot access online virus scan. Norton not finding anything at all. I was thinking about re-installing from disc, but if it is a worm or virus it might wipe out the disc. What should I do?
word works, defrag works, sys restore works, netscape works, trillian works.
If this comes through underlined it is not intentional...
word works, defrag works, sys restore works, netscape works, trillian works.
If this comes through underlined it is not intentional...
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goodmorphing
Reply #2 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:30 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:30 PM
stardock central doesn't work, wincustomize doesn't work. Only netscape (good thing I wanted to see if anything changed and installed it about a month ago)
yrag
Reply #3 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:32 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:32 PM
Open Task Manager and see if IExplorer is running ....if it is , kill it.
goodmorphing
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:38 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:38 PM
explorer.exe
that is running. I don't have msn explorer on my computer though.
that is running. I don't have msn explorer on my computer though.
goodmorphing
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:39 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:39 PM
I was reading a newsgroup with a lot of political dissention, and I followed a link. Big mistake, but I do have a firewall and norton.
goodmorphing
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:40 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:40 PM
only things dependent on IE are affected it seems
yrag
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:41 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:41 PM
No...IE..not Explorer. Look in the process' running for 'iexplorer.exe' (could be more then one) SDC, WC Browser and IE all run off the same engine...
goodmorphing
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:44 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:44 PM
no it isn't in there
If I open IE it will act like it is trying to connect and it just cant
it loads to about 34% and sits
If I open IE it will act like it is trying to connect and it just cant
it loads to about 34% and sits
goodmorphing
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:46 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:46 PM
I tried to do an online scan through netscape but the engines required tell me they cannot find the plugin folder, even when I point to it directly
Jafo
Reply #10 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:47 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:47 PM
A virus won't affect your disk....assuming you mean CD disk...it's read-only...
In task manager you are looking for instances of 'iexplore.exe', not 'explorer.exe'....the latter is your shell....the former is the Web browser.
If a failed process is still running [but not showing as a window on screen] opening, or trying to open further instances will do nothing.....you'll need to 'kill' any existing ones first....
yrag
Reply #11 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:48 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:48 PM
This is pretty lame....but did you try an old-fashioned re-boot????????
goodmorphing
Reply #12 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:48 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:48 PM
You know in the add/remove section for windows? I tried to reinstall through that and it says something like resources needed 0.00%
I tried to redownload IE6 and got to a download station, but it wouldn't download anything.
I tried to redownload IE6 and got to a download station, but it wouldn't download anything.
Jafo
Reply #13 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:49 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:49 PM
GM....if it's opening, try it offline and delete cookies and cache files....that'll help...
goodmorphing
Reply #14 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:54 PM
Reply #14 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:54 PM
I did restore, and rebooted with that.
Then i just rebooted... twice.
Would turning it off, and then back on be better?
IE is not in the task manager except when I try to use it. It goes away when I close the browser.
thanks for helping me.
Then i just rebooted... twice.
Would turning it off, and then back on be better?
IE is not in the task manager except when I try to use it. It goes away when I close the browser.
thanks for helping me.
yrag
Reply #15 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:54 PM
Reply #15 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:54 PM
GM - You're doing things that are dependent on the IE engine...until we figure out what the problem is it's not going to let you do anything short of using a CD...did you in fact try a cold re-boot?
goodmorphing
Reply #16 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:57 PM
Reply #16 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:57 PM
OK.
This is silly, but how do you go offline when you have cable?
I have been meaning to find that out.... ***embarrassed***
I ran ad aware and killed all new cookies.
This is silly, but how do you go offline when you have cable?
I have been meaning to find that out.... ***embarrassed***
I ran ad aware and killed all new cookies.
Sugaree
Reply #18 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:01 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:01 PM
I have a on/off swich on the back of my cable thingy
kona0197
Reply #19 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:02 PM
Reply #19 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:02 PM
Simple...unplug the cat cable and unplug the electricy from the cable modem.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:27 PM