openme.exe (WME)

[mach316]

lately, whenever i pressed ctrl alt delete i would see openme (not responding), so, not knowing what that was, my stupidity got the best of me and i deleted it. now when i boot i get an error saying windows cannot find file openme.exe. everything seems to be running fine, but the error message on boot up is annoying. any suggestions on how to fix this problem would be appreciated. tx......

[BertImmenschuh]

At what point do you get the message? If it is on a black screen with white lettering and mentions the system.ini file, you will probably have to run sysedit and delete the name from the run= or load= line.

[Mosaic1]

Go to Start>run and type system.ini
Go to this line:
shell=Explorer.exe openme.exe

Remove openme.exe

The line should now read
shell=Explorer.exe

Reboot.

Emtpy your Temporary Internet Files and than Search your registry and startup files for any reference to Web Dialer and openme.


This is knwon as the Web Dialer Trojan. Have you had any [censored] pop ups?

[mach316]

the error comes up when the windows intro music is playing and my desktop appears

[Mosaic1]

Ihave seen this one before at another Forum.

Go to Start>run and type system.ini
Go to this line:
shell=Explorer.exe openme.exe

Remove openme.exe

The line should now read
shell=Explorer.exe

Reboot.

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and then Search your registry and startup files for any reference to Web Dialer and openme.


This is known as the Web Dialer Trojan. Have you had any [censored] pop ups?

[Mosaic1]

Testing. I have not been able to post in this thread.

Finally I seem to be able to post here.
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Go to Start>run and type system.ini
Go to this line:
shell=Explorer.exe openme.exe

Remove openme.exe

The line should now read
shell=Explorer.exe

Reboot.

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and then Search your registry and startup files for any reference to Web Dialer and openme.


This is known as the Web Dialer Trojan. Have you had any unwelcome pop ups?
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Mosaic1 on 04/10/02 17:46.</FONT></P>

[mach316]

mosaic, you are the man!!! i did what u suggested and it worked perfectly. by the way, i had been getting a lot of german pop-ups lately. thanks again!!!!

[Atom_24]

If running XP Pro, editing system.ini won't help..

Instead, run Regedit ...

Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\shell

Change value from: explorer.exe openme.exe
To just: explorer.exe

[coolsights2000]

Know that they fixed you up... You need to read my site..... I have a trojan watcher running it monitors the startup stuff... and alerts you.....

Click here (http://www.geocities.com/putertuneup/Main/Index.htm)

Thanks
Mac!!!

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