ive ran zonealarm and found this file keeps trying to connect to the internet. does anyone know how to disable/delete it. ive disabled it in msconfig but it still opens on startup. thanx

There is probably a system.ini entry that needs to be removed. Download 'Hijack This!'. Unzip, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, click "Save Log", and copy and paste it in a reply. HijackThis!

cheers i will do that and let u know

I have this problem too. Every startup i have a msg saying it cannot find "system32.exe". i ran the hijack program and found something like this: F0 - system.ini: Shell=Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\System32.exe F2 - REG:system.ini: Shell=Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\System32.exe do you need more info or is this enough to fix the prob?

Ok i got it fix. Here is the solution: What worked for me was I went into my regedit>Hkey_local_Machine/software/microsoft/windows nt/current version/winlogon. In the right box go to shell it should read Explorer exe windows\system32\system32.exe Right click on shell open modify and delete windows\system32\system32.exe Leave Explorer Exe. and reboot. This fixed my problem.

THANKS-TIMR-THIS FIXED MY PROBLEM-I WANT TO SUGGEST IT TO EVERYBODY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM-IT IS A LITLLE HARD TO FIND,BUT ONCE YOU FIND IT -YOU GONNA BE ALL SET AND READY TO ROCK&ROLL!!! DEFINETALY THE CURE FOR THE system32.exe virus!

Timr (or someone else) I need help. I had the same problem, so I did what you said. It worked, the poo up is gone, but my desktop is also gone. Now when I start the computer, it open a window with the folders in my C drive. It does not show me my desktop (start menu, taskbar, etc) as it used to. Is this related to deleting windows\system32\system32.exe? Or I did something else wrong. Please help!!! Jota