"Alan" wrote in message

Running Win 98 SE with IE6 SP1 and OE6. Also have McAfee and Zonelabs
both with latest updates. Use BTYahoo Browser on Broadband. Stopped
updating IE Security updates last November due to many posted
problems and now waiting for the dust to settle. I have run a number
of progs like Spybot etc to check for anything and nothing major has
been thrown up.
Problem. Recently OE crashes the PC when it tries to open. You get
its blue opening screen and then that is it - I have to restart the
PC. Doesn't always happen - about 50 % of the time. Inbox has no more
than a screen load of messages at any one time. I do have many
folders but regularly compact them. I have seen posts for .dbx files
but have no idea of what they do or there significance but I have a
lot, I think at least 50 all with various names, should I delete all
or some of them? Should I also disable the email monitor in McAfee?
Any other ideas?

Alan

You are probably now infested with malware. Remove the malware and then
visit Windows Updates.
Malware Removal:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

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