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by karim

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I have win 2000 Pro
when i try open the search a message appear:
PROGRAM ERROR
explorer.exe generated errors and will be closed
by windows.
you will need to restart the program.
An error log is being created.

when i check the event viewer in the application log
the shell stopped unexepectedly and explorer.exe
was restarted .

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by jeremy the it guy

That is a sign of a virus called Nimda. It attacks system files. Go to www.symantec.com and go to downloads. There should be a virus removal tool for both versions of the Nimda virus. Run them both and restart. That should fix it and if not, it's probably a system problem. Hope this helps, Jeremy

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