[4ndr3wk]

Hi there all,
this morning my idiot of a brother decided it would be great to download this spyware/malware/crap and it did a good job of hijacking internet explorer/ my computer. and it made my explorer start the "stopped responding>restarting>stopped responding" loop

i ran some software called trojan remover and it seemed to do the job well, found everything and even found registry strings that were bad. and (i think) repaired them.

but after all this, it still is stuck in this loop

could anyone please help? could my explorer be corrupt? is something stopping it from running properly?

Thanks for reading

4ndr3wk

btw this STILL happens when booting into safe mode

[07clarkm]

Your 'explorer?'

Do you mean internet browser or explorer.exe?

If your explorer.exe is flashing on and off. A system restore is the only way to get rid of it I'm afraid. I had the same problem.

[4ndr3wk]

yes its the .exe

and im not sure what you meant as in flashing on and off, it just kept loading and resetting (thats probably what you meant)

i tried system restore....to find there was no system restore points! i thought it did a restore for every installation

anyone help me! please?

[07clarkm]

Yes so you mean that the taskbar and everything flashes on and off all the time?! Everything but the background.

If this is the case, keep pressing F10 at computer start up and wait for it to load up (this can take very long so be patient [it is very rare that it freezes too]). Then click 'Advanced' and select the one with a 'Quick Format'. This will delete ALL your data and you will have to make a new computer account when you start the computer up. So back up all you data on CD or a external drive.

Hope it helps.

Mikey.

P.S: I just noticed you are on Vista and it may be similar but it might not. Try it anyway, sorry.