certain page won't load after malicious wma file -- can I reinstall?

[Ron]

A malicious wma file took over my iexplorer... everything was porn
sites until I closed all the Windows. Now, everything is fine except
that the current page that was loaded when all this happened won't load
at all. Maybe just a coincidence, but still... what can I do? I tried
reinstalling iexplorer but ie6setup wouldn't go any further than to
tell me that I had a later version already installed (sp2). I even
changed the registry to reflect that IExplorer was not installed, to no
avail. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ron

 

[PA Bear]

Windows version?

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

 

[Ron]

XP with current updates

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Any suggestions?

Post a link? Give more details?

BTW IE in XPsp2 can not be repaired (easily).
Try uninstalling XPsp2 and reinstalling that
if you think you really need to go that route.

 

[Ron]

The site is "The Lounge" link at www.bjork.com. You have to be
registered at the site to view it. How can I uninstall sp2?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

The site is "The Lounge" link at www.bjork.com. You have to be
registered at the site to view it. How can I uninstall sp2?

Run... (press Win-R and enter

appwiz.cpl

Select: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Click on: Remove

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