re: I have a corrupted explorer.exe file
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 11:06 am
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Posted by Brian
(1 messages posted)
Hi Sam,
Unfortunately, it seems that my Explorer.exe never runs. It's closed as soon as Windows
reboots. You mentioned having to close your explorer.exe through task manager. I
am wondering if there are any other solutions. Virus scans came out with negative
results in terms of the virus you suggested. Thanks.
-Brian
On Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 9:09 pm, Sam wrote:
>I had this problem for a long time. When I booted windows, it would show just the
>wallpaper and that is it. I would have to open task manager, end the explorer.exe
>process and then goto "new task" and type in explorer. However, I think I know
how
>to solve it since it worked for me. It was related to a virus called "Pinfi" or
>"Parite"
>
>This virus infects explorer.exe and then proceeds to infect all other exe files
on
>your computer and network shares. It makes it so that explorer.exe does not work
>when windows starts up also. For details on how to get rid of it go here:
>http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2003-011708-2030-99
>
>and click on the "Removal" tab.
>
>You need Norton Antivirus (at least the trial version is what I used).
>
>Follow those instructions and I believe you are set.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>
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