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Annie,
It's all fine now. The Windows Explorer icon in the tray worked fine, but not the one in the start menu.
The Windows Explorer icon in the Start menu was targeted to the hh.exe file, while the working icon in the tray was, of course, targeted to the explorer.exe file. So, I just copied and pasted the CORRECT target string from one to the other and clicked APPLY.
Everything is fixed, but nothing will ever be the same -- I am deleting cookies & history, running av and anti-malware apps etc. very regularly.
Sadly, I was fine for a very, very long time without a worry, and then this all happened to me, it seemed, overnight. I hadn't been working or surfing any differently, so there must have been a sudden barrage of nasties out there when I began "catching" them ...
Thanks again for all the help!
Sincerely,
Dave
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Since Christmas, a whole new batch of very nasty malware has emerged Dave. Like most companies, I would imagine that the Antivirus/AntiSpyware developers took a break at Christmas and New Year and operated with skeleton staff. I think the malware coders took advantage of this and flooded the Internet with their garbage. :(
