Re: Security message and disappearing folder contents

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 12/26/04

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    Sound like you have a graphics handling program installed
    that extends explorer and has run amuk, either on its own or
    via exploit.
    In process of the search Karl has suggested you may want
    to be aware of what media handling apps are installed.

    -- 
    Roger
    "AJ" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:076e01c4ea0b$ee815650$a301280a@phx.gbl...
    > From time to time, I'm having a problem that I'm hoping
    > someone can shed some light on (Dell Latitude 860, SP4, W2K):
    > when I click on, say, a film file in one of my folders, I
    > get some sort of security script message ('file has
    > changed, do you want to accept script?') and then the
    > folder contents disappear and I get a tiny little box with a
    > little dot in the middle, barely discernable, in the upper
    > left corner. All folders revert to this and I have to
    > reboot to get back the folder contents. A few desktop icons
    > also move and the 'my documents' icon disappears completely
    > (until rebooting).
    

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