- Suddenly super slow CTL-ALT-DEL reveals "mshta Not responding" error, what to do
- Posted by George on August 22nd, 2003
Hello,
A few days ago I notice my PC slowed down substantially
and I notice when I do the CTR-ALT-DEL to see what's
running in the background I see, among some other
programs, the "mshta [Not Responding]".
It is so slow that I am seriously consider finally junking
this desktop Dell Workhorse still running on Win95 for
several years.
I have a cable modem and space is very limited, basically
I use it for internet (IE 5.5), email(Outlook Express) and
Office 97.
Is there any hope for me to fix this or is this PC in its
last legs?
I would appreciate any help from the gurus here!
Thank you
George
- Posted by Exeter on August 23rd, 2003
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"George" <ngukl@yahoo.cm> wrote in message
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will "deteriorate" over time and a format and reinstall will get you back
to "like new " condition as long as the hardware itself is OK.
- Posted by ChromeBoy on August 23rd, 2003
MSHTA is on my computer (Compaq)
Issued by Microsoft as a HTML application.
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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/03
- Posted by glee on August 24th, 2003
It is an MS file....here are the "usual" errors:
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/mshta.htm
If it is showing up all the time in the Close Program box, I would suspect some malware is exploiting it...see here -
HTA DOWNLOAD exploit advisory:
http://www.nsclean.com/psc-htas.html
Update your anti-virus app and then run a full-system virus scan.
....glen
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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