PCR
June 4th 04, 10:27 PM
It seems to be the best hope, working so far. And HiJackThis is likely
well worth doing, no matter.
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
"glee" > wrote in message
...
| Let's hope it holds up under use.
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
| "PCR" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Good one.
| >
| > --
| > Thanks or Good Luck,
| > There may be humor in this post, and,
| > Naturally, you will not sue,
| > should things get worse after this,
| > PCR
| >
| > "glee" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > | A large number of posts lately are reporting that several
functions of
| > Windows
| > | Explorer (Explorer.exe) are failing, all with the same error
message:
| > | "EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at
| > 0000:07c7fc6e
| > | This includes trying to open "My Computer", Control Panel, Windows
| > Explorer, and
| > | other functions.
| > |
| > | So far, we have had luck with running Hijack This, marking this
entry
| > and clicking
| > | the "Fix Checked" button:
| > | O2 - BHO: Core Library - {F281FFC7-6C63-4bf9-83F2-AB7A6157B109} -
| > | C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KDP2928.DLL
| > | Then find and delete the file KDP2928.DLL
| > |
| > | Alternately, you may instead find this entry:
| > | O2 - BHO: Core Library - {D4D505DF-D582-400c-91B6-84921012AFE3} -
| > | C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PDF1C3B.DLL
| > | Again, use Hijack This to fix the entry, reboot, and delete the
file
| > PDF1C3B.DLL
| > |
| > | Note that other CLSIDs and file names may turn up for the BHO
"Core
| > Library", and in
| > | that case those should be fixed and the associated file deleted.
| > |
| > | The manual removal instructions at:
| > | http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/s/safeguardprotect.asp
| > | cover all or most of the variations, and should work for any of
the
| > versions of that
| > | particular malware.
| > |
| > | Hijack This must be used with caution, as it finds both the good
and
| > the bad. Do
| > | not use it to remove anything other than this particular entry,
| > without first asking
| > | for guidance in one of the spyware forums listed below.
| > |
| > | Here is my standard post regarding Hijack This:
| > |
| > | Download, unzip (if it is in a .zip file), and run Hijack This
from
| > one of these
| > | locations:
| > | http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html
| > | http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
| > | http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/HijackThis.exe
| > | Unzip or locate it to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp
| > folder,
| > | double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
| > |
| > | When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a
| > "Save Log"
| > | button.
| > | Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My
| > Documents, or
| > | similar).
| > | Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT
fix
| > anything yet.
| > |
| > | Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these
| > forums:
| > | http://forum.aumha.org/
| > | Specifically -
| > |
| >
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30&sid=8ffbc7fdbcb01f7e49a03f108b7f3a1c
| > | or
| > | http://forums.net-integration.net/
| > | http://computercops.biz/forums.html
| > | http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=30
| > | http://tomcoyote.org/forums/
| > | http://www.lavasoftsupport.com
| > | http://boards.cexx.org/
| > |
| > | The folks there will tell you what to remove.
| > |
| > | A tutorial for using Hijack This is located here:
| > | http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
| > | and an in-depth tutorial is here:
| > | http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
| > | --
| > | Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| > | http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
well worth doing, no matter.
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
"glee" > wrote in message
...
| Let's hope it holds up under use.
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
| "PCR" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Good one.
| >
| > --
| > Thanks or Good Luck,
| > There may be humor in this post, and,
| > Naturally, you will not sue,
| > should things get worse after this,
| > PCR
| >
| > "glee" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > | A large number of posts lately are reporting that several
functions of
| > Windows
| > | Explorer (Explorer.exe) are failing, all with the same error
message:
| > | "EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at
| > 0000:07c7fc6e
| > | This includes trying to open "My Computer", Control Panel, Windows
| > Explorer, and
| > | other functions.
| > |
| > | So far, we have had luck with running Hijack This, marking this
entry
| > and clicking
| > | the "Fix Checked" button:
| > | O2 - BHO: Core Library - {F281FFC7-6C63-4bf9-83F2-AB7A6157B109} -
| > | C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KDP2928.DLL
| > | Then find and delete the file KDP2928.DLL
| > |
| > | Alternately, you may instead find this entry:
| > | O2 - BHO: Core Library - {D4D505DF-D582-400c-91B6-84921012AFE3} -
| > | C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PDF1C3B.DLL
| > | Again, use Hijack This to fix the entry, reboot, and delete the
file
| > PDF1C3B.DLL
| > |
| > | Note that other CLSIDs and file names may turn up for the BHO
"Core
| > Library", and in
| > | that case those should be fixed and the associated file deleted.
| > |
| > | The manual removal instructions at:
| > | http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/s/safeguardprotect.asp
| > | cover all or most of the variations, and should work for any of
the
| > versions of that
| > | particular malware.
| > |
| > | Hijack This must be used with caution, as it finds both the good
and
| > the bad. Do
| > | not use it to remove anything other than this particular entry,
| > without first asking
| > | for guidance in one of the spyware forums listed below.
| > |
| > | Here is my standard post regarding Hijack This:
| > |
| > | Download, unzip (if it is in a .zip file), and run Hijack This
from
| > one of these
| > | locations:
| > | http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html
| > | http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
| > | http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/HijackThis.exe
| > | Unzip or locate it to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp
| > folder,
| > | double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
| > |
| > | When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a
| > "Save Log"
| > | button.
| > | Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My
| > Documents, or
| > | similar).
| > | Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT
fix
| > anything yet.
| > |
| > | Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these
| > forums:
| > | http://forum.aumha.org/
| > | Specifically -
| > |
| >
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30&sid=8ffbc7fdbcb01f7e49a03f108b7f3a1c
| > | or
| > | http://forums.net-integration.net/
| > | http://computercops.biz/forums.html
| > | http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=30
| > | http://tomcoyote.org/forums/
| > | http://www.lavasoftsupport.com
| > | http://boards.cexx.org/
| > |
| > | The folks there will tell you what to remove.
| > |
| > | A tutorial for using Hijack This is located here:
| > | http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
| > | and an in-depth tutorial is here:
| > | http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
| > | --
| > | Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| > | http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|