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Explorer behavior ???

by Bj Jun 9, 2005 8:35PM PDT

Today, windows explorer started using several minutes befor it shows the content on my disks. Nothing has been changed by me.
Have anybody else encountered this, and is there an explanation?

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Start checking for malware
by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Jun 9, 2005 8:43PM PDT

Does this happen only to Windows Explorer?

What anti-virus, anti-syware, do you use? If their definitions are uptodate, do a complete scan for malware.

What processes are running in the background? Right click the Taskbar, select Task Manager then click the Processes tab. Then go to this site;
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
to check each process against the alphabetical list for strange processes, (eg malware).

What Startup programs do you have? Is there anything there that you do not recognise? (Goto Start > Run, type in "msconfig" without the quotes and check the Startup tab).

What changes have you made to your system since yesterday? Can you use System Restore to go back to a date before today,before the problem started?

Do you have a firewall?

Is your Windows upto date?

Mark

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Answer to some of your questions
by Bj Jun 9, 2005 8:53PM PDT

Win XP pro SP2 fully updated
eTrust AV
microsoft AAntispyware
Restore no good, no change.

Checking the rest now.

Thanks

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(NT) (NT) OK, good luck
by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Jun 9, 2005 9:01PM PDT
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New situation
by Bj Jun 9, 2005 11:42PM PDT

Run a spy/malwarecheck using adaware and spybot - 7 items seen all before, but now explorer sends an errorreport. else, no different.

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The rest
by Bj Jun 9, 2005 11:45PM PDT

No startup programs that should not be there.
No suspect prosesses.
Haven't done any changes.

"out of the blue" it seems, but I recon there's something I have been missing.

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Found it!!
by Bj Jun 10, 2005 2:54AM PDT

Not excatly true, but it now works.
Solution - use ShellExview and disable all items. Start the long work enabling them one by one until everything is ok. The other way around - disable one by one and so on.

Thanks anyway for all help

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Hmm, that was
by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Jun 10, 2005 4:32AM PDT

going to be one of my "next steps".

Good work, and I'm glad you've solved it, Happy

Mark

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