Re: can't open any Windows folders in XP

From: Br0wnbear (brownbearat_at_canadadotcom.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:09:32 -0400

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:02:13 -0700, "jpsampai"
<jpsampai@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>For a couple of days now I haven't been able to open any Windows folders
>whether it's My Computer, My Documents, or any other folder including Control
>Panel.
>
>When I do try my screen goes blank for a second and comes back with the
>Desktop view. I think it's a virus and have performed several antivirus scans
>in Safe Mode (mainly using Norton AV since I don't trust the unauthentic
>online scans). Did find a couple of viruses some of which where rmvd/rpaird
>and others were quarantined like a few Trojans and my run32.dll file.
>
>Note that I can't use System Restore because it was disabled during the
>process. Has anyone dealt with this before? or DO you guys think that an XP
>reinstall would work.

Hmmm Which post should I check?

Anyway,
Trust the force Luke and get a second opinion
reputable on-line scanners.

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Kaspersky:
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/scanforvirus

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Freedom Online scanner
http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.htm
hth
John Brown
Bears are always happy, we get to hibern8

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