For quite some time I have had a strange problem with my Internet explorer. It keeps crashing without warning. Also, when I do nothing at all, the sand clock keeps appearing near the cursor, as if there is some active process somewhere. When I start my computer, winpatrol tells me about a program called "%systemroot%\system32\dumprep0-u". Does that sound familiar? I also ran hijack this, and can post the logfile if that helps! Thank you!

What is that dump? dumprep - dumprep.exe - Process Information Process File: dumprep or dumprep.exe Process Name: Dump Reporting Tool Description: Microsoft provided Windows Error Dump Reporting Tool that creates memory dump reports that you can send back to Microsoft for further analysis. The tool is found on Windows XP/2003. Company: Microsoft Corp. System Process: Yes Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No Common Errors: N/A I would do the following.... Turn off Windows XP System Restore 1. Click Start > Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer 2. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 3. Click the System Restore tab. 4. Check the "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives" check box as shown in this illustration: 5. Click Apply. The following message appears: 6. As noted in the message, this will delete all existing restore points. Click Yes to do this. 7. Click OK. 8. Proceed with what you need to do. For example, removing viruses. Restart the computer and follow the instructions in the next section to turn on System Restore. (2) Now you need to scan for the virus again. I recommend shutting down and restarting in safe mode first and then scanning your system.. but you don't need to do that. (3) After the system was scanned and cleaned, I would advise you to update your AVG software and rescan the system again. (4) Download a free program called swat-it from http://swatit.org it is a free trojan scanner. It will scan yuor system for just trojan based infections. (5) Download and run a free program called Spybot search and destroy. This will get rid of all spyware and crap on your system. It can be downloaded from http://www.safer-networking.org/ (6) Download a free program called ADaware from Lavasoft, it does many of the same things that spybot does, but may catch some different crap.. it can be downloaded at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ (7) If you don't have a firewall installed, I suggest that you get one. You can download a free firewall from http://zonelabs.com (8) I also recommend downloading a program called Finjan surfin guard pro.. it is not free, it sells for around 35.00.. This will catch anything new that may come out.. it can be found at http://www.finjan.com/ (9) To get rid of the crap that Internet Explorer keeps track of, download a free program called CleanUp by Steven Gould.. you can get it from here: http://users3.ev1.net/~stevengould/cleanup/ (10) After all is said and done... I would run a scandisk/chkdisk on my system... Run SCANDISK/CHKDSK. Scandisk is used to check the file system for any problems. This utility is found on Window 95, 98 and ME systems. On Windows NT, 2000, and XP you can use Chkdsk. The ScanDisk utility is located here...Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > ScanDisk. Chkdsk can be run by running a command prompt, then typing in 'chkdsk' and the drive letter... for example ' chkdsk c: '. This will check the drive in readonly mode, to fix any errors add a ' /f ' to the end, and then reboot. (chkdsk c:/f) (11) After you complete scandisk.chkdsk, run defrag... To Defrag your hard disks: Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. The way it works is that it reduces the number of file fragments on the hard disk, placing all the parts of a single file in one area, perhaps next to each other. The disk then does not need to 'jump' all round the file system to read one file. If your hard drives are very fragmented, you will really notice a huge difference after you defrag – your computer will run faster! (12) Get any updates to your Operating System. Go to http://www.windowsupdate.com/. It will search your system and let you know of all the updates that are available. Download and install them! Do this monthly to ensure you have all the latest security patches from Microsoft. (13) Turn your system restore back on.... To turn on Windows XP System Restore 1. Click Start. 2. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 3. Click the System Restore tab. 4. Uncheck the "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives" check box. 5. Click Apply, and then click OK. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: If all of that fails to help your system... try the following... Repair Internet Explorer Method 1: Reinstall or Repair Windows XP To repair or reinstall Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP, complete the following procedure while you are logged on as an administrator: Use the System File Checker tool to scan all of the protected files on your computer: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type sfc /scannow, and then click OK. Tank863 What the heck is: Tankweb.net

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