Explorer has caused an error in VX2.DLL

Am running Windows ME and was experiencing IE Exlporer problems, (mouse
being hijacked and slow internet connect). Loaded Norton Antivirus and got
literally thousands of Netsky.p virus. Ran scan a number of times and
deleted the virus and removed the line from the registry as per Symantec
instructions.

Internet conection has improved drastically and mouse is no longer hijacked
but when I try to open any program from the Start menu or from the desktop
shortcut I get an error message " Explorer has caused an error in VX2.DLL.
Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience problems, try
restarting your computer" If I click on the Close button and try it again I
get the same message. If I do it a third time, I can get into the program.
However, if I then try to get into something elase after a while I just
continually keep getting this error message. Can anyone please help!!

You've been hijacked and will need to use more than NAV to clean your system
and keep you clean.

VX2.DLL
You have picked up a parasite.

For details see:
Parasite:Transponder http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Transponder.html, and,
http://www.cexx.org/vx2.htm which states:

"If you have this unwanted guest you probably have others as well. Get a
copy of AdAware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com, install it, run it and
download the latest updates, then scan your system and clean everything it
finds. When complete, restart the system and scan it again. Keep scanning,
cleaning and restarting until the system tests clean. Some stubborn pests
may require a restart in Safe Mode to clean them if they persist through
several scan/clean cycles.

You may also want to get the CoolWeb Shredder from here since it targets one
specific, often-changing spyware program - see
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

CWShredder can be downloaded from either:
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip
or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

In addition I would also recommend that you also download and use Patrick
Kolla's SpyBot S & D which can be found at http://www.safer-networking.org/
since SpyBot will often pick up parasites missed by AdAware.
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Pat Kiernan wrote:

Am running Windows ME and was experiencing IE Exlporer problems, (mouse
being hijacked and slow internet connect). Loaded Norton Antivirus and got
literally thousands of Netsky.p virus. Ran scan a number of times and
deleted the virus and removed the line from the registry as per Symantec
instructions.

Internet conection has improved drastically and mouse is no longer
hijacked but when I try to open any program from the Start menu or from
the desktop shortcut I get an error message " Explorer has caused an
error in VX2.DLL. Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience
problems, try restarting your computer" If I click on the Close button
and try it again I get the same message. If I do it a third time, I can
get into the program. However, if I then try to get into something elase
after a while I just continually keep getting this error message. Can
anyone please help!!

Mike,

Many thanks for the advice it seems to have cured the problem.

Genius!!

Kindest regards,

PK


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
You've been hijacked and will need to use more than NAV to clean your system
and keep you clean.

VX2.DLL
You have picked up a parasite.

For details see:
Parasite:Transponder http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Transponder.html, and,
http://www.cexx.org/vx2.htm which states:

"If you have this unwanted guest you probably have others as well. Get a
copy of AdAware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com, install it, run it and
download the latest updates, then scan your system and clean everything it
finds. When complete, restart the system and scan it again. Keep scanning,
cleaning and restarting until the system tests clean. Some stubborn pests
may require a restart in Safe Mode to clean them if they persist through
several scan/clean cycles.

You may also want to get the CoolWeb Shredder from here since it targets one
specific, often-changing spyware program - see
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

CWShredder can be downloaded from either:
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip
or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

In addition I would also recommend that you also download and use Patrick
Kolla's SpyBot S & D which can be found at http://www.safer-networking.org/
since SpyBot will often pick up parasites missed by AdAware.
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Pat Kiernan wrote:

Am running Windows ME and was experiencing IE Exlporer problems, (mouse
being hijacked and slow internet connect). Loaded Norton Antivirus and got
literally thousands of Netsky.p virus. Ran scan a number of times and
deleted the virus and removed the line from the registry as per Symantec
instructions.

Internet conection has improved drastically and mouse is no longer
hijacked but when I try to open any program from the Start menu or from
the desktop shortcut I get an error message " Explorer has caused an
error in VX2.DLL. Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience
problems, try restarting your computer" If I click on the Close button
and try it again I get the same message. If I do it a third time, I can
get into the program. However, if I then try to get into something elase
after a while I just continually keep getting this error message. Can
anyone please help!!

PK,

I'm glad to read you seemed to have fixed the problem. Thanks for the
feedback and glad to have been able to point you in the right direction.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Pat Kiernan wrote:

Mike,

Many thanks for the advice it seems to have cured the problem.

Genius!!