Hi,

  • what did you delete/change/update/install/do before the problems appeared ?
    Did avast find/repair/delete/move any stuff ?

  • what virusname does avast give for “coma.dll” ?

what happens if you boot to SafeMode (F8-Boot)

Please read “VirusRemoval” below and if possible, post a log of Hijackthis

It seems like the entry
shell=explorer.exe
in your system.ini was damaged

actually this is only mirrored/mapped somehow into system.ini by e.g these registry entries:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
“Shell”=“Explorer.exe”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\system.ini\boot]
“Shell”=“SYS:Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon”

do you have those entries still ?

:wink:

a repair of win with the XP-Setup-CD,
or recovering/going back to an earlier RESTORE-point might also be an option…