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Name: dr phillip Date: June 18, 2003 at 18:25:25 Pacific OS: windows 98 CPU/Ram: intel celeron 64 mb sdram
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my computer has some kind of virus and i cant use my desktop icons like my computer, my documents, and stuff like that
Do you know which virus it is (or could be)? Try looking through various online virus databases, and maybe you'll find that there's an easy fix or perhaps a free download for a removal application. Other than that I really have no other advice -other than to download and use AVG antivirus. AVG is by far the best av prog I've used. Get it at www.grisoft.com -CP
Response Number 5
Name: Derek Date: June 19, 2003 at 14:24:31 Pacific
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There may be a virus checker called SwatIt but the only one I know is a Trojan finder. Is it definitely a "Virus Checker"?
Response Number 6
Name: manny Date: June 19, 2003 at 14:41:50 Pacific
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I had a virus one time that infected explorer.exe. It would not let me open icons as well, all it did was freeze the program while trying to open it. To fix this I qurantined it with a virus scanner because I could not repair it, or you can remove from you hard drive by deleting it and emptying your recycle bin. Then I copied explorer.exe from another computer or extracted it from the 98 cd onto a floppy and transferred it onto my computer it should go under the \windows directory, if you do not have a computer to steal it from let me know and I'll see what I could do. This should solve the problem if indeed that file is infected.
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PC doesnt start .
