Cant Open Explorer

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8-bit View Member Profile	May 11 2008, 05:32 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 4-March 05 From: London, UK Member No.: 13,531	When I double click on My Computer or try and open My Documents I get the following message "Data Execution Prevention- Microsoft Windows" To help protect your computer , Window has closed this program Windows Explorer Anyone know why this is happening?

usasma View Member Profile	May 11 2008, 05:55 AM Post #2
Forum Addict Group: Moderator Posts: 12,393 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824	The most likely cause would (IMO) be malware (viruses or spyware). I'd suggest trying a few of these free, online scans to ensure that nothing has slipped by your protection software: Be advised that some of these scanners will pickup things in "quarantine" from other anti-virus programs - so review the results carefully: http://housecall.trendmicro.com http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/ http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp http://onlinescan.avast.com/ http://ca.com/us/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/ <links compiled on 02/14/2008> -------------------- - John

8-bit View Member Profile	May 12 2008, 01:58 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 4-March 05 From: London, UK Member No.: 13,531	Thanks. Ive run a scan but found nothing. Ive now simply turned off the DIP for Explorer and everything is fine now.

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