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a error has just come up and wont go away it keeps coming up the coputer makes a funny nose and it comes back it says lexplorer has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL lexplorer should i restart i dont know if i should in cause i might not be able to get it back
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I have that happen before. Unless you have something up you really need to save, you should be fine restarting.
Daily running maintenance wizard: disk cleanup, scandisk and defrag. can resolve alot of thes error problem messages. post reply. Jack
I have the same problem that continues to happen. But you can't save anything, it closes the page you're on.
I read on here things to do to get rid of it, but said it might damage my computer, sure don't want that to happen.
Thanks
Update your anti virus software and scan in Safe Mode.
Try an online virus scanner (run at least 2 of them):
Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan
Bitdefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/Msie/index.php
McAfee FreeScan
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/
Pc-Cillin (Trend Micro Housecall)
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_pcc.asp
PcPitstop
http://pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
RAV
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
Zee
First of all, download NOW this Winsock fix (FREE):
http://downloads.subratam.org/WinsockFix.zip
If you lose internet access after the cleanup, run this tool.
After that, download the fully functional trial version of Spy Sweeper:
http://www.webroot.com/downloads/?WRSID=595f27d74dd2795a56af83b763c321e1
Install, UPDATE and run.
You may need to reboot and run again to clean all the nasties that cannot be deleted at once ('in use').
Download Ad-Aware (FREE) from here:
http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/
Install, UPDATE and run.
You may need to reboot and run again to clean all the nasties that cannot be deleted at once ('in use').
Also excellent is SpyBot Search & Destroy (FREE) available here:
http://www.spychecker.com/download/download_spybot.html
Install, UPDATE and run.
You may need to reboot and run again to clean all the nasties that cannot be deleted at once ('in use').
You should also apply the 'immunize' function, since it blocks roughly 1900 known 'bad' runs/apis/apps.
Even if Ad-Aware and SpyBot S&D are similar, they do clean different things. You should have both of them and use REGULARLY.
You can also install 'preventive' software that will help you control these nasties:
SpywareBlaster (FREE):
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Prevents the installation of Active-X based spyware, malware, dialers, etc
Currently protects you against 3500+ nasties.
Advantage: no system resources used!!!
Just download, install and UPDATE.
All of them extremely useful but you must keep them UPDATED.
Suggestion: Make sure you can see all files and folders and run Ad-aware and Spybot S&D in Safe Mode.
Zee
Posts from last year are best for reference. And the cures may have changed.
I suggest you take care and make a new post in this instance.
Bob
Frankly, that's a "generic" error with no primary cause or cure. What I can share is that today's PARASITES seem to be some over 50% of the reason people see such.
Light reading about such and how to deal with it at http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/
Bob
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