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Paratus

Paratus

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It just told me Windows Explorer was a "virus" then explorer crashed. :disgust:

......... Although maybe I should go download Adaware..................

 
Sounds more like a problem with your virus scanner than with Windows.

Windows doesn't tell you anything's a virus; that's a job for a virus scanner.
 
Yeah i had DEP enabled, & it kept shutting down explorer.exe too.

Eventually i just set explorer.exe as an exception to DEP.
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
Sounds more like a problem with your virus scanner than with Windows.

Windows doesn't tell you anything's a virus; that's a job for a virus scanner.
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It was something to do with DEP??? and it led me to the Windows help site before crashing.

I've got Norton on here *shudders* but it was free from work (along with Office 🙂 )
 
Originally posted by: her209
Never had a problem. Must be a user problem.
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No it's not a PEBKAC issue. I had actually left the machine alone for a couple of minutes after searching the HDs for pics.......... *(no not those kind of pics)
 
Originally posted by: Paratus
No it's not a PEBKAC issue. I had actually left the machine alone for a couple of minutes after searching the HDs for pics.......... *(no not those kind of pics)
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Mine's been on for days... no problem.
 
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Originally posted by: n7
Yeah i had DEP enabled, & it kept shutting down explorer.exe too.

Eventually i just set explorer.exe as an exception to DEP.
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Band-Aid solution.
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I know that.
However, since you're so knowledgeable, care to enlighten me on what i can do to fix the issue (which seems to be teh same as the OP's)?
 
Originally posted by: Paratus
Is it a legitamate problem or a screw up by windows? What normally invokes DEP?
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Attempts to execute code out of the data segment.
Most likely done by trying to look at a video (including explorer preview of the video). A lot of codecs are bad this way.
Could also be the attempt to make a thumbnail of the video in explorer.
 
Originally posted by: glugglug
Attempts to execute code out of the data segment.
Most likely done by trying to look at a video (including explorer preview of the video). A lot of codecs are bad this way.
Could also be the attempt to make a thumbnail of the video in explorer.
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If a codec is that poorly written, it has no reason to be on my system.
 
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