Help with Explorer hijacking - Page 2

greyknight17 · 02-16-2005, 08:27 AM

Try this:

cd c:\windows
rmdir history\*.*
rmdir tempor~1\*.*
rmdir cookies\*.*

dryfusrott · 02-16-2005, 08:18 PM

I tried that. But for each of the RMDIR commands I got the message

"The system cannot find the file or directory specified"

dryfusrott · 03-06-2005, 12:10 PM

Finally, I got the problem resolved

I spent almost two hours with Microsoft's Security hotline. We removed some entries in the registry and an entry in the host file TCP/IP uses. This allow me to use Explorer with XP in Safe mode. I then rerun the line scan (Trend Micro), the antispyware suites, and then Norton. These did not find anything. However, Explorer still did not work in regular XP mode.

Then I decided to reset my Norton Firewall settings. For Explorer these were set to "Automatically Configure for Internet Access". I changed then to "Permit All". This did it!!

02-16-2005, 08:27 AM	#21 (permalink)
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03-06-2005, 12:10 PM	#23 (permalink)
dryfusrott Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 OS: XP	Problem resolved Finally, I got the problem resolved I spent almost two hours with Microsoft's Security hotline. We removed some entries in the registry and an entry in the host file TCP/IP uses. This allow me to use Explorer with XP in Safe mode. I then rerun the line scan (Trend Micro), the antispyware suites, and then Norton. These did not find anything. However, Explorer still did not work in regular XP mode. Then I decided to reset my Norton Firewall settings. For Explorer these were set to "Automatically Configure for Internet Access". I changed then to "Permit All". This did it!!

02-16-2005, 08:18 PM	#22 (permalink)
dryfusrott Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 OS: XP	I tried that. But for each of the RMDIR commands I got the message "The system cannot find the file or directory specified"