Explorer.exe + Norton

[SheldonC]

I had installed Norton Anti-Virus 2000 on my Win2K AS. This anti-virus has an auto-protect feature that scans files that you are using or loading in real time. Norton gave me an alert telling me that Explorer.exe is a Trojan and will be quarentened (spelling?). Anyways, I rebooted the PC just to make sure nothing is wrong... now after I log in I get nothing. Since this problem, I have re-installed the OS. I'm just wondering if anybody else had a similar problem with Norton or any Anti-Virus... and what did you do? I'm scared to install Norton again.

 

[pbxman]

Sounds to me like it was already infected before you installed Norton. Norton tries to clean the file, and if it cannot - you can set uptions for what to do next..

For instance, in the real-time configuration options..if a virus is found it will perform these actions: 1) clean virus, 2) quarantine...or 1) clean 2)leave file alone (log only).

That would have protected your system, and allowed you to restore your file safely.
Pbxman
Systems Administrator

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[holeinoner]

Yes I'm having a similiar problem. Everytime I click on my explorer, recycle bin, or My Computer, it gives me an error saying "explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows.
How do I fix this?

Dean

 

[manikm]

me too!! since a windows update!!!