I am having problems with my computer after picking up
malware of some sort. I have run my AV scan and CWShredder
and Ad-Aware to try to clean up my system. I am looking for
suggestions on how to deal with the following:

When I look in the folders "My Documents" and "My
Computer", the window shows none of the contents of the
folder. It tells me how many objects are there but no icons
are visible. The items are not deleted because I can open
them in other ways. What has happened to cause this? Can I
fix it?

Also, when I try to start Internet Explorer, I get an error
message saying "Windows cannot find ieexplore.exe. Where
can I find a copy of this file so that I can replace it?

Thanks for any help.

Re: no icons in "My Documents" by Noel

Noel
Wed Apr 21 02:02:53 CDT 2004


Are you sure of the spelling of that error message?
No MS program has a file named "ieexplore.exe", and if that is the correct
spelling, then you are almost certainly the victim of a virus - when did you
last update your virus definitions?

Reboot to Safe Mode
Go to Add/Remove Programs and try a repair of Internet Explorer from there.
Go to the entry for 'Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and Internet Tools'
in Add/Remove Programs
Click on Remove - and click on Repair on the window that pops up
Reboot on request to Normal Mode

If the above entry isn't there, you first need to uninstall all the patches
applied, then do the repair, then reapply the patches
The patches are listed in Add/Remove under the names 'Internet Explorer
Qxxxxxx'
highlight, click Remove - reboot if requested.
Repeat until the MSIE6SP1 entry appears - then repair as above.

HTH
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

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"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16b101c426b5$ea6dffb0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I am having problems with my computer after picking up
> malware of some sort. I have run my AV scan and CWShredder
> and Ad-Aware to try to clean up my system. I am looking for
> suggestions on how to deal with the following:
>
> When I look in the folders "My Documents" and "My
> Computer", the window shows none of the contents of the
> folder. It tells me how many objects are there but no icons
> are visible. The items are not deleted because I can open
> them in other ways. What has happened to cause this? Can I
> fix it?
>
> Also, when I try to start Internet Explorer, I get an error
> message saying "Windows cannot find ieexplore.exe. Where
> can I find a copy of this file so that I can replace it?
>
> Thanks for any help.



Re: no icons in "My Documents" by Dave

Dave
Wed Apr 21 11:57:28 CDT 2004

Thanks for responding, Noel. I ran another up-dated AV
scan, an updated Ad-aware scan, CWShredder and HijackThis
to clean out what should not have been there. Then I
restored to a point before I started having the problems
and everything seems to be working OK again. My AV program
said I had downloaded W32/NCase.A@spy and I assunme that
this had caused all the trouble.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Are you sure of the spelling of that error message?
>No MS program has a file named "ieexplore.exe", and if
that is the correct
>spelling, then you are almost certainly the victim of a
virus - when did you
>last update your virus definitions?
>
>Reboot to Safe Mode
>Go to Add/Remove Programs and try a repair of Internet
Explorer from there.
>Go to the entry for 'Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and
Internet Tools'
>in Add/Remove Programs
>Click on Remove - and click on Repair on the window that
pops up
>Reboot on request to Normal Mode
>
>If the above entry isn't there, you first need to
uninstall all the patches
>applied, then do the repair, then reapply the patches
>The patches are listed in Add/Remove under the names
'Internet Explorer
>Qxxxxxx'
>highlight, click Remove - reboot if requested.
>Repeat until the MSIE6SP1 entry appears - then repair as
above.
>
>HTH
>--
>Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
>
>Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>
>Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
>or
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
>"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:16b101c426b5$ea6dffb0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I am having problems with my computer after picking up
>> malware of some sort. I have run my AV scan and CWShredder
>> and Ad-Aware to try to clean up my system. I am looking for
>> suggestions on how to deal with the following:
>>
>> When I look in the folders "My Documents" and "My
>> Computer", the window shows none of the contents of the
>> folder. It tells me how many objects are there but no icons
>> are visible. The items are not deleted because I can open
>> them in other ways. What has happened to cause this? Can I
>> fix it?
>>
>> Also, when I try to start Internet Explorer, I get an error
>> message saying "Windows cannot find ieexplore.exe. Where
>> can I find a copy of this file so that I can replace it?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>.
>

Re: no icons in "My Documents" by Noel

Noel
Wed Apr 21 12:50:18 CDT 2004

Glad you seem to have fixed it - thanks for the feedback.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:246b01c427c1$ba964c40$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for responding, Noel. I ran another up-dated AV
> scan, an updated Ad-aware scan, CWShredder and HijackThis
> to clean out what should not have been there. Then I
> restored to a point before I started having the problems
> and everything seems to be working OK again. My AV program
> said I had downloaded W32/NCase.A@spy and I assunme that
> this had caused all the trouble.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >Are you sure of the spelling of that error message?
> >No MS program has a file named "ieexplore.exe", and if
> that is the correct
> >spelling, then you are almost certainly the victim of a
> virus - when did you
> >last update your virus definitions?
> >
> >Reboot to Safe Mode
> >Go to Add/Remove Programs and try a repair of Internet
> Explorer from there.
> >Go to the entry for 'Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and
> Internet Tools'
> >in Add/Remove Programs
> >Click on Remove - and click on Repair on the window that
> pops up
> >Reboot on request to Normal Mode
> >
> >If the above entry isn't there, you first need to
> uninstall all the patches
> >applied, then do the repair, then reapply the patches
> >The patches are listed in Add/Remove under the names
> 'Internet Explorer
> >Qxxxxxx'
> >highlight, click Remove - reboot if requested.
> >Repeat until the MSIE6SP1 entry appears - then repair as
> above.
> >
> >HTH
> >--
> >Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
> >
> >Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> >http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> >
> >Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's
> >or
> >http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
> >"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:16b101c426b5$ea6dffb0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I am having problems with my computer after picking up
> >> malware of some sort. I have run my AV scan and CWShredder
> >> and Ad-Aware to try to clean up my system. I am looking for
> >> suggestions on how to deal with the following:
> >>
> >> When I look in the folders "My Documents" and "My
> >> Computer", the window shows none of the contents of the
> >> folder. It tells me how many objects are there but no icons
> >> are visible. The items are not deleted because I can open
> >> them in other ways. What has happened to cause this? Can I
> >> fix it?
> >>
> >> Also, when I try to start Internet Explorer, I get an error
> >> message saying "Windows cannot find ieexplore.exe. Where
> >> can I find a copy of this file so that I can replace it?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help.
> >
> >
> >.
> >