explorer and control panel

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Duey, time to check for virus, trojans, spyware and adware. You can use
these sites
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://safespy.net/Spyware_Hunter.htm

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

http://spybot-spyware.com/trojan.htm

http://www.spysweeper.com/

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/










"Duey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72a301c48415$f7dea600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have xp home edition and suddenly I cant use explorer.
> When I clik on the Explorer icon the computer locks up.
> Opening the task manager reveals that iexplorer.exe is
> taking 98% of cpu usage. The system is then very
> unresponsive. When I close that program the cpu usage
> goes back to 4-8%. I have also found that I cant get into
> control panel. Any Ideas????

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

I cant get on the internet to download any of these
scanners. I have norton and did a full scan with no virus
found. I am a loss of what to do?
Thanks,
>-----Original Message-----
> Duey, time to check for virus, trojans, spyware and
adware. You can use
>these sites
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
>
>
http://safespy.net/Spyware_Hunter.htm
>
>
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
>
> http://spybot-
spyware.com/trojan.htm
>
> http://www.spysweeper.com/
>
>
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"Duey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:72a301c48415$f7dea600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have xp home edition and suddenly I cant use
explorer.
>> When I clik on the Explorer icon the computer locks up.
>> Opening the task manager reveals that iexplorer.exe is
>> taking 98% of cpu usage. The system is then very
>> unresponsive. When I close that program the cpu usage
>> goes back to 4-8%. I have also found that I cant get
into
>> control panel. Any Ideas????
>
>
>.
>

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Duey, next startup tap F8 repeatedly until you get a Menu. Select
Safe Mode with Networking and from
there you maybe able to use those websites.
"Duey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0c8a01c484c1$c58a0d50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I cant get on the internet to download any of these
> scanners. I have norton and did a full scan with no virus
> found. I am a loss of what to do?
> Thanks,
> >-----Original Message-----
> > Duey, time to check for virus, trojans, spyware and
> adware. You can use
> >these sites
> > http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
> >
> >
> http://safespy.net/Spyware_Hunter.htm
> >
> >
> http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
> >
> > http://spybot-
> spyware.com/trojan.htm
> >
> > http://www.spysweeper.com/
> >
> >
> http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Duey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:72a301c48415$f7dea600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have xp home edition and suddenly I cant use
> explorer.
> >> When I clik on the Explorer icon the computer locks up.
> >> Opening the task manager reveals that iexplorer.exe is
> >> taking 98% of cpu usage. The system is then very
> >> unresponsive. When I close that program the cpu usage
> >> goes back to 4-8%. I have also found that I cant get
> into
> >> control panel. Any Ideas????
> >
> >
> >.
> >