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Chingal0 · 03-21-2006, 01:54 AM

I'm not really sure how to describe this well enough to google it, but this is the second time this has happened to me, and I'm not really sure how to get rid of it, if its even possible.

Both times it has happened after a bastard cousin of mine hijacked my computer while I was at work. The first time, I resulted in 33 viruses, and this problem. Second time however, no viruses according to this free antivirus, I'm scanning now with norton. I also scanned the first time with ad-aware and it resulted in a few things and supposedly deleted, this time however I don't have it.

The problem is, the first time when I was on the desktop and right-clicked my mouse to the New folder (to create folders, shortcuts etc) the windows explorer would restart. Like, the screen would go like it was shutting down, no icons or anything, then just go back to what it was before. This second time however, it only happens when I am in my computer and select a hard drive and either right click or go to the file menu in the upper left hand corner.

My question is, has anyone heard of this happening before? It's never happened to me and i've been using this media center edition for a little while.

Operating system is Windows xp media center edition.
Amd processor ~2200, 256mb radeon video card, 768mb ram, audigysound card.

Any help is appreciated.. I formatted between the first time and now, and it was completely fine until my cousin got ahold of it... Hope I explained it well enough to be comprehended haha.

03-21-2006, 01:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chingal0 Something like that.. Location: Oreygun.	Virus or spyware? I'm not really sure how to describe this well enough to google it, but this is the second time this has happened to me, and I'm not really sure how to get rid of it, if its even possible. Both times it has happened after a bastard cousin of mine hijacked my computer while I was at work. The first time, I resulted in 33 viruses, and this problem. Second time however, no viruses according to this free antivirus, I'm scanning now with norton. I also scanned the first time with ad-aware and it resulted in a few things and supposedly deleted, this time however I don't have it. The problem is, the first time when I was on the desktop and right-clicked my mouse to the New folder (to create folders, shortcuts etc) the windows explorer would restart. Like, the screen would go like it was shutting down, no icons or anything, then just go back to what it was before. This second time however, it only happens when I am in my computer and select a hard drive and either right click or go to the file menu in the upper left hand corner. My question is, has anyone heard of this happening before? It's never happened to me and i've been using this media center edition for a little while. Operating system is Windows xp media center edition. Amd processor ~2200, 256mb radeon video card, 768mb ram, audigysound card. Any help is appreciated.. I formatted between the first time and now, and it was completely fine until my cousin got ahold of it... Hope I explained it well enough to be comprehended haha. __________________ "Eventually I became too sexy for my gym membership fee."