I suspect spy/adware is the culprit. I looked through the Google search provided by Welshjim and noticed this link. In this person's HijackThis...
Try Pressing F5 when you see Starting Windows 95, and select to go into Safe Mode. Then go into Device Manager and Remove all CD entries, then reboot.
Here is something that may work, get the 95 Kernel Toys. This is a self extracting file, it doesn't install anything on it's own. After extracting...
They usually access the internet directly, bypassing IE.
Yes, you can replace the file from the CD, there has been no updates to it. If after doing so, and an error message pops up, please note it. If...
You might want to check the scan settings for AVG. By default it does not scan all files, usually document & sheets, program files. The online...
You may just have a minor glitch in the registry. Here is something simple and real painless to try. Restart in Dos Mode, and use these two...
Thanks for posting back how it went.
No, 98 does not have System Restore. I would go with the opinion of Housecall. Some AV programs do make what is called a false positive, that is...
Restart in Dos Mode, use this command at the prompt, and pick a registry dated before this happened. scanreg /restore
Perhaps your System Restore folder is very large and is full, causing deletion of old restore points and replaced with new. Maybe disable System...
Stop this from running. O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MyWebSearch Email Plugin] C:\PROGRA~1\MYWEBS~1\bar\1.bin\mwsoemon.exe And remove this using...
I merged the two threads. You haven't mentioned the OS, but is it possible these are found in the Restore folder? I would disable System...
Start the computer with a boot floppy, choose with CD-Rom support. Watch for a message giving you the drive letter for the CD, it will not be the...
The shell folders seem to be corrupted. An overlay install, maybe?
This is a totally wild guess, but could these blue links be the IE default icons? On the other, I am thinking View as WebPage is in use here....
Did someone try to install a NT based operating system [NT, Win2000, XP,]? If this is the case, the drive may have a NTFS file system, and the 98...
I am thinking that what you want to do is prevent changes to the Control Panel. Login as Guest, go to Start\Run type in Regedit. Go to this key;...
I have seen this before, years ago. I stumbled across this slightly unorthodox method. Look at the back of the computer for an off switch, when...
Have you looked in the C:\Windows\Send To folder? Anything there, any files marked as Hidden? Give this shot, I admit it is a long shot. Restart...
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