Bbow

YES!!!! It's fixed! I have no idea how you did it or what that reg-file did, but it fixed it! executed the reg-file, rebooted. Initially there was a screen saying that Windows was unable to restore to the 16th of December 2008, closed that window and then it booted normally. Initially there was no background and a few seconds later it appeared...what a beauty! So what did that reg-entry do then? Can't thank you enough!

also I did not restore anything from quarantine.

Wow! Many thanks for doing that, I really appreciate your help. Now, before I do that. I made a shell entry (under WinNT\currentversion\winlogon, binary data is explorer.exe) in the registry (I read somewhere that this might fix it, it didn't). Do you want me to remove the Shell entry I made in the Reg? to prevent any issues?

Ok, I located the file, copied it to a different folder, renamed it and when I open it it does start explorer in My Documents only, not the taskbar and there's still no icons on the desktop. So it clearly hasn't actually deleted it then...it just won't work for some reason...

Hi all, After restarting my computer after a scan, my windows bootup is not loading explorer.exe anymore. I can see my desktop wallpaper but nothing else. I can get into taskmanager and access all programs that way, apart from windows explorer. This is the start of the logfile, which I think may be the cause of the problem. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.31 Database version: 1478 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 10-Dec-08 10:56:16 mbam-log-2008-12-10 (10-56-16).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 160927 Time elapsed: 57 minute(s), 54 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 1 Registry Keys Infected: 10 Registry Values Infected: 6 Registry Data Items Infected: 3 Folders Infected: 4 Files Infected: 20 Memory Processes Infected: (No malicious items detected) Memory Modules Infected: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mt49hub.dll (Trojan.Agent) -> Delete on reboot. Registry Keys Infected: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe (Trojan.Agent) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. When I try to start explorer manually it says it cannot locate the file. I locate the file under Windows and try again, but again get the same error. Very strange! Does anybody know how to fix this? I do have an old drive with the same winXP on it (but probably fewer updates). Could I possibly copy the old explorer.exe file over to my current HDD? Many thanks, Bbow