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My computer is plagued by spyware and adware. I use Ad-Aware, MS
Anti-Spyware Beta, in conjunction with my SBC/Yahoo DSL software package of
Anti-spyware, Anti-Virus and Popup Blocker.
I was pleased with the MS Spyware at first, but it says it removes the
adware/spyware, but as soon as I reboot they are all back. I reboot
immediately after running the scan, but they still come back. The same with
Ad-Aware. I even tried running them in Safe Mode-same result. How are these
adware/spyware programs regenerating themselves and why isn't the anti
spyware programs cleaning them off completely?
But now I have even a bigger problem. Every time I try to run a
program--any program--I get the following error message:
****.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need
to restart the program. An error log is being created.
I get this error when:
-some (not all, just some) programs load from startup (?) after I log
on..i.e. osa.exe (microsoft office)
-I try to use the run command to open the command line
-I try to open any EXE file---Freecell, PaperPort, Mahjongg, Microsoft
Spyware Bet, Ad-Aware and even Notepad (which means I cannot read the log
file it creates!!!)
The only exceptions are Word, Outlook, Excel or Internet Explorer. These
bring up the dialogue box:
Microsoft ***** has encountered an error, etc etc etc.....do you want to
send a copy of this error report to Microsoft?
And it has a checkbox to restart the application, and when it restarts it is
ok. I can't even look in the event viewer because mmc.exe generates an
error.........!! I hope someone out there can help me because I'm getting
very exasperated and frustrated. Thank you.
PS. Is there a listing somewhere of every file and directory (hidden or
not) that W2K installs so that I can check to make sure my files are still
the original installation version and not corrupted?
My computer is plagued by spyware and adware. I use Ad-Aware, MS
Anti-Spyware Beta, in conjunction with my SBC/Yahoo DSL software package of
Anti-spyware, Anti-Virus and Popup Blocker.
I was pleased with the MS Spyware at first, but it says it removes the
adware/spyware, but as soon as I reboot they are all back. I reboot
immediately after running the scan, but they still come back. The same with
Ad-Aware. I even tried running them in Safe Mode-same result. How are these
adware/spyware programs regenerating themselves and why isn't the anti
spyware programs cleaning them off completely?
But now I have even a bigger problem. Every time I try to run a
program--any program--I get the following error message:
****.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need
to restart the program. An error log is being created.
I get this error when:
-some (not all, just some) programs load from startup (?) after I log
on..i.e. osa.exe (microsoft office)
-I try to use the run command to open the command line
-I try to open any EXE file---Freecell, PaperPort, Mahjongg, Microsoft
Spyware Bet, Ad-Aware and even Notepad (which means I cannot read the log
file it creates!!!)
The only exceptions are Word, Outlook, Excel or Internet Explorer. These
bring up the dialogue box:
Microsoft ***** has encountered an error, etc etc etc.....do you want to
send a copy of this error report to Microsoft?
And it has a checkbox to restart the application, and when it restarts it is
ok. I can't even look in the event viewer because mmc.exe generates an
error.........!! I hope someone out there can help me because I'm getting
very exasperated and frustrated. Thank you.
PS. Is there a listing somewhere of every file and directory (hidden or
not) that W2K installs so that I can check to make sure my files are still
the original installation version and not corrupted?