error mess.

[paco]

well......the thing is that everytime i try to open a
program or folder or anything else, except for internet
explorer i keep getting a error mess such as.

Explorer has caused an error in <unknown>
Explorer will now close
If you continue to experience problems, try restarting
your computer.

AND WHEN I DO RESTART THE COMPUTER IT STILL DOES THE SAME
THING. PLEASE HELP ME SOMEONE, CAUSE I CAN'T GET TO MY
FILES. THANKS

[Mike M]

Explorer errors in <unknown> are nearly always the result of having unwanted
malware on the system, often a parasite of some form.

This might be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware
6.0 from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also
SpyBot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and scan your system for and remove
all unwanted parasites, adware and spyware that might be hiding on your PC.

Just is case the problem is due to a new version of the CoolWebSearch parasite
you might want to download and run the CWShredder which targets that specific
parasite. Unfortunately neither AdAware or SpyBot seem to be able as yet to
fully detect all the various versions of the CoolWebSearch parasite as it
keeps changing. For more details of the CoolWebSearch parasite see
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html.

CWShredder, merijn's removal tool, can be downloaded from either:
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip
or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



paco > wrote:

> well......the thing is that everytime i try to open a
> program or folder or anything else, except for internet
> explorer i keep getting a error mess such as.
>
> Explorer has caused an error in <unknown>
> Explorer will now close
> If you continue to experience problems, try restarting
> your computer.
>
> AND WHEN I DO RESTART THE COMPUTER IT STILL DOES THE SAME
> THING. PLEASE HELP ME SOMEONE, CAUSE I CAN'T GET TO MY
> FILES. THANKS